Source: Jacqui Fatka, FARM FUTURES, 8/4/17


Wednesday President Donald Trump was joined by Sens. David Perdue, R-Ga., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., to tout a merit-based immigration system which could limit the already scarce workforce for agriculture. But for agriculture, it misses the mark of providing a workforce willing to do jobs that Americans won't do themselves.  The Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act would spur economic growth and raise working Americans’ wages by giving priority to the best-skilled immigrants from around the world and reducing overall immigration by half.

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