Source: CAPITAL PRESS, 1/27/22

A labor shortage is causing hardships across the U.S. farm economy, and the administration and Congress need to pass comprehensive immigration reform to help alleviate the problem, panelists said during a virtual press conference. “This issue of immigration is important right now, especially with the labor shortages that we have that are causing, of course, shortages in products and services … especially now with the highest level of inflation in 40 years,” said Daniel Garza, president of the LIBRE Initiative. The major driver is 10 million unfilled jobs, including acute shortage of workers in the dairy sector.

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