#IFarmImmigration Campaign

#IFarmImmigration Campaign

The American Farm Bureau, the Agriculture Workforce Coalition and numerous other ag groups are making sure they finally have a unified voice on immigration reform by joining the Partnership for a New American Economy to launch the #IFarmImmigration campaign. The month long campaign focuses on renewed efforts to enact immigration reform this year, and kicks off today with a Capitol Hill Briefing where Congressional staff will hear from farmers and ranchers about the need for immigration reform. Farmers and ranchers will be telling their stories all during the month through social and traditional media, through farm tours, and at community events for members of Congress in their own districts. With immigrant workers representing over 70% of the ag industry’s workforce everyone agrees that current immigration laws are a problem that needs to be fixed sooner rather than later. As AFBF President Bob Stallman has so succinctly said, “Immigration reform is critical for the agricultural industry. Farmers rely on an immigrant labor force and without reform, growers will begin to plant less labor intensive crops or go off shore. Simply put, either we import our labor, or we import our food.”

 

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