The Briefing Room
General Category => Immigration/Border => Topic started by: jmyrlefuller on December 29, 2014, 08:54:48 pm
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http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/dec/28/farmers-brace-labor-shortage-under-new-policy/
from the Associated Press—December 28, 2014
Farmers already scrambling to find workers in California — the nation's leading grower of fruits, vegetables and nuts — fear an even greater labor shortage under President Barack Obama's executive action to block some 5 million people from deportation.
Thousands of the state's farmworkers, who make up a significant portion of those who will benefit, may choose to leave the uncertainty of their seasonal jobs for steady, year-around work building homes, cooking in restaurants and cleaning hotel rooms.
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