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DENVER—A House committee is considering legislation to form a task force to help immigrant sheepherders who work long hours for little money on the desolate western Plains.
Rep. Daniel Kagan, a Denver Democrat, says foreign workers are sometimes subjected to 90-hour workweeks for anywhere from $600 to $750 a month on ranches in the West, including Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and California.
Kagan says he wanted to pass a law increasing their wages, but he didn’t have the votes.
The House Agriculture, Livestock and Natural Resources Committee delayed action on the plan on Wednesday while amendments are being drafted.
