Immigration and Nationality Act

With potentially huge implications for horse racing, lawmakers are seeking an amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act that would streamline the visa process and afford undocumented agricultural workers, including those in equine industries, a pathway to earn legal status. "This is the most significant immigration reform since the Bill Clinton amnesty in 2001," said Will Velie, an immigration attorney with many clients in the racing industry, about the Affordable and Secure Food Act, introduced Thursday by Senator Michael Bennet, D-Colo. "The fact that more than a million people will...