Workers Wanted Desperately Needed: Searching for a Solution to the Foreign Agricultural Labor Shortage
The call for immigration reform is being made again (or, still) as many producers find they are increasingly unable to provide the work force—a work force which comes predominantly from Mexico—needed to harvest their crops. A recent article by Carol Lawrence examines some of the economic and policy issues responsible for creating a shortage of foreign workers. (https://www.therepublic.com/view/story/farm-workers/farm-workers). According to a recent report from the Pew Hispanic Center, the difficulty [...]