All tagged Farm Labor
Historically farmers of recruited workers including indentured servants from Europe, enslaved Indigenous people from the Americas, enslaved Africans, and in the late 19th and early 20th century European immigrants.
A US immigration policy overhaul must take into consideration the issue of agricultural labor shortage that has been growing in this country. Policymakers need to consider a solution to farmers who hire illegal immigrants and exploit them and second provide a viable solution to the labor demands of farmers growing the produce we eat.