8-22 NWR Immigration Reform

8-22 NWR Immigration Reform

David Sparks Ph.D.
David Sparks Ph.D.
In 2010, the year Arizona adopted its landmark law cracking down on immigrants, labor shortages cost American farms $300 million, according to the American Farm Bureau," noted the editorial. Further, "While there is no cap on H-2A agricultural visas, the process of obtaining temporary foreign workers under the program is costly, cumbersome and subject to manipulation by recruiting agents who sometimes cheat the workers they place in jobs.

Marion County Farm Bureau President John Zielinski and Idaho veterinarian Elizabeth Coates are featured in short videos the #ReasonForReform website, explaining why, as farmers, they need comprehensive immigration reform ASAP.

Elsewhere, according to my northwest.com, State officials will resume efforts to kill the remaining members of a wolf pack in northeastern Washington after finding two calf carcasses and an injured calf.

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