Support restaurants, support your community, support food access and affordability. Tell Congress: create work permits for the hard working immigrants who make the meals you love possible.
Work Permits For Immigrants Keep Food on the Table
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What's at Stake
Protections for the workers who make the meals we love possible.
155,000
worker agriculture labor shortage — the largest in nearly a decade
809,000+
open hospitality positions restaurants and hotels can’t fill
34%
food cost increase since the pandemic — another 14.5% expected by 2028
Here’s why creating work permits for the long-term immigrants who have paid taxes, not committed crimes, and contributed for years is the right thing to do and crucial for our economy:
Many restaurants and farms are struggling to find the employees they need to operate.
→ Our agriculture industry faces a 155k labor shortage.
→ Many restaurants struggle to fill positions with over 809,000 vacancies in hospitality at the end of December 2025.
When we don’t have enough workers in key industries like foodservice, prices go up, products become unavailable, and small businesses close their doors.
→ Rolling Stone — This Burger is Brought To You By Immigrants
Not only do immigrants fill key job openings, but especially in the hospitality industry, they create jobs.
→ Immigrants make up about 20% of the restaurant industry workforce and 36% of restaurant owners.
→ The restaurant and foodservice industry is the nation’s second largest private employer, contributing over $3.6 trillion to the US economy.
Creating a work permit program for long-term, law-abiding immigrants is vital for food affordability.
→ Food costs are up 34% since the pandemic.
→ Without new immigration policies, food prices are expected to increase an additional 14.5% by 2028.
The vast majority of Americans agree: we should create work permits for the food industry.
→ According to a recent poll, 83% of all voters, 78% of GOP voters and 84% of Hispanic voters agree with President Trump’s suggestion that “long term, trusted, undocumented immigrants working on farms and in hotels and restaurants should be allowed to get a work permit and stay in the U.S.”
Ready to Keep Food on the Table?
Join hundreds of chefs, restaurant owners, farmers, and community leaders fighting for the workforce that feeds America.
Tell Congress: Create Work Permits
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