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Old August 26th 05, 04:43 PM
George Patterson
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Matt Barrow wrote:

There's plenty of laborers; they get migrant worker (temporary)permits (??)
easily.


Not this year. Apparently, someone at immigration decided these guys were easy
targets and did a big roundup. You are correct that they have permits and were
actually legal, but that didn't change anything. By the time the workers made it
back across the border and into the fields, a big chunk of this year's harvest
was lost.

NPR was interviewing a California peach grower yesterday about the situation (I
think it was on "All Things Considered"). His crop has a relatively short
harvest season, and the roundup didn't hit him too badly, but he still had tons
of fruit rot in the fields.

George Patterson
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