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Beautiful People,
Once again, we face the sad consequences of the congregational gridlock regarding immigration reform.
Alan Bjerga, a writer for Bloomberg Politics, reported yesterday that the death of meaningful U.S. immigration reform is leaving crops withering in the field and the farm lobby with nowhere to turn as a labor shortage intensifies.
The Voice of Agriculture states that in 2010, $115 billion worth of American agricultural products were exported around the world. The United States sells more food and fiber to world markets than we import, creating a positive agricultural trade balance.
BUT, according to a 2014 study commissioned by the American Farm Bureau Federation, an immigration policy focused on closing the border would SHIFT UP to 61 percent of U.S. fruit production to other countries due to domestic labor shortages, sending jobs to Mexico and other nearby competitors.
The Department of Agriculture reports that half of the $192 billion of crops produced in 2014 came from just seven states, with California being the largest contributor of crop value.
The Obama administration was unable to pass an immigration reform, thanks to a fierce opposition on behalf of the GOP. Some of the Republicans’ arguments against a reform were logical; many others were supported by a self-serving agenda that served political purposes and not the common good.
America needs an immigration reform in each and every category- farm workers, high-skilled professionals, entrepreneurs, family ties, education and training, diversity lottery, and refugee and asylum.
Americans bare the consequences of not having an immigration reform. We pay higher taxes and get fewer services. We lose workplaces and get paid less. We drive unsafe roads shared by drivers with no training, test or insurance. We pay more for produce when there is a shortage.
We lose millions of dollars that were invested in training foreign workforce after sending them back to their countries without enjoying the return of our investment. We lose brilliant scientists, researchers, physicians, and other specialty workers to countries that treat them as an asset not a liability. The list goes on and the impact on our daily life is vast.
We need a change. We need responsible leaders with the right qualifications that can work with each other, negotiate, collaborate and put America above their personal gain.
Election season slogans are very appealing. That is their nature. Yet we must be smarter and realize there’s a big difference between vision and facts.
XO,
Sharon
Once again, we face the sad consequences of the congregational gridlock regarding immigration reform.
Alan Bjerga, a writer for Bloomberg Politics, reported yesterday that the death of meaningful U.S. immigration reform is leaving crops withering in the field and the farm lobby with nowhere to turn as a labor shortage intensifies.
The Voice of Agriculture states that in 2010, $115 billion worth of American agricultural products were exported around the world. The United States sells more food and fiber to world markets than we import, creating a positive agricultural trade balance.
BUT, according to a 2014 study commissioned by the American Farm Bureau Federation, an immigration policy focused on closing the border would SHIFT UP to 61 percent of U.S. fruit production to other countries due to domestic labor shortages, sending jobs to Mexico and other nearby competitors.
The Department of Agriculture reports that half of the $192 billion of crops produced in 2014 came from just seven states, with California being the largest contributor of crop value.
The Obama administration was unable to pass an immigration reform, thanks to a fierce opposition on behalf of the GOP. Some of the Republicans’ arguments against a reform were logical; many others were supported by a self-serving agenda that served political purposes and not the common good.
America needs an immigration reform in each and every category- farm workers, high-skilled professionals, entrepreneurs, family ties, education and training, diversity lottery, and refugee and asylum.
Americans bare the consequences of not having an immigration reform. We pay higher taxes and get fewer services. We lose workplaces and get paid less. We drive unsafe roads shared by drivers with no training, test or insurance. We pay more for produce when there is a shortage.
We lose millions of dollars that were invested in training foreign workforce after sending them back to their countries without enjoying the return of our investment. We lose brilliant scientists, researchers, physicians, and other specialty workers to countries that treat them as an asset not a liability. The list goes on and the impact on our daily life is vast.
We need a change. We need responsible leaders with the right qualifications that can work with each other, negotiate, collaborate and put America above their personal gain.
Election season slogans are very appealing. That is their nature. Yet we must be smarter and realize there’s a big difference between vision and facts.
XO,
Sharon
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