Finding a Path on Immigration

Farmers Continue to Stress Need for Action in Congress

Chris Clayton
By  Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
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Without some reform to legalize the immigrant workforce, more labor-intensive agriculture such as fruit, vegetable and livestock farmers could convert to grain production in the coming years. (DTN/The Progressive Farmer file photo by Jim Patrico)
House leaders issued a set of immigration principles at the end of January to lay the groundwork for their efforts on immigration in 2014. The principles included legalizing the potentially 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the country now. Agricultural leaders...

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