Source: NEWS OK, 8/30/18


WE have written any number of times about the unwillingness of Congress to deal with immigration reform, one of the most polarizing issues in Washington. Yet there is a glimmer of hope that some movement — just a little — is possible.
Rep. Steve Russell, R-Choctaw, says he is optimistic that a guest worker bill could make it to the president's desk. The legislation would make 450,000 visas available each year for foreign workers in the farming and food-processing industries, and replace the H-2A system that critics say is cumbersome, costly and loaded with red tape.

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