Vilsack: Exec Order Creates Stability

Ag Secretary Says Family Unification Program Will Help Immigrant Farm Workers

Jerry Hagstrom
By  Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
United Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez said Wednesday that President Barack Obama told him the executive order on immigration will allow 250,000 farm workers to stop fearing deportation. (DTN file photo by Jim Patrico)
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Thursday it is the family unification program in President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions that will help farm workers find relief from deportation.

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Jerry Hagstrom