Pressing for Immigration Reform   ... >
March 18, 2014 - As immigration reform remains stalled on Capitol Hill, the Partnership for a New American Economy and the Agriculture Coalition for Immigration Reform released a report "No Longer Home Grown: How Labor Shortages are Increasing America's Reliance on Imported Fresh Produce and Slowing U.S. Economic Growth."  [press release]  Afterwards some of the speakers taped short video clips, including Carlos Castañeda, president of the California Farm Bureau, and Russell W. Boening, secretary-treasurer of the Texas Farm Bureau.
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