Sunday, January 29, 2012

After immigration crackdown, farmers mull planting

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 10, 2011 file photo, a field worker empties a bucket of vidalia onions into a waiting truck in Lyons, Ga. Georgia and Alabama have approved laws that have tough enforcement provisions that farmers say are scaring migrant workers away from the states. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File ) It's unclear whether farmers in Georgia and Alabama will face a shortage of workers due to tough new laws targeting illegal immigration, but some producers said they have begun changing their plans for planting and harvesting this year's crops.


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