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Posted on: April 29th, 2007
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Tags: border, border patrol
“California harvests about half the nations fruits, nuts and vegetables - a massive undertaking that requires about 225,000 workers year-round, double that during the peak summer season. More than half are immigrants who cross the Mexican border illegally and travel from field to field picking some 400 different crops that each ripen at different times.
Last year, that seasonal migration was marked by spot worker shortages, and some fruit was left to rot in the fields.
President Bushs plan to secure the border relies on raising the number of U.S. Border Patrol agents from about 12,000 to 18,000 by the end of 2008, which would further limit the number of immigrant workers who can reach the farm jobs waiting for them.”
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