The stalemate over immigration policy is wreaking havoc. More than half our farmworkers are undocumented. Congress should give them a chance to earn legal immigration status by continuing to work in agriculture, as the AgJOBS bill would do. Deporting them isn’t sensible or worth the price. It’s also not appropriate to convert them all to “guest worker” status. See the Chicago Tribune article on Sunday, Nov. 11: “When guest equals ghost: Documented foreign workers often suffer abuses; enforcement lacking,” by Stephen Franklin and Darnell Little. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-sun_guest1111nov11,0,540443.s... The H-2A guest worker program is inherently abusive. Unfortuantely,the Bush Administration announced plans last week to weaken its labor protections.
Bruce Goldstein, Executive Director
Farmworker Justice
Washington, D.C.