U.S. immigration laws sapping trade, businesses say - in Washington state

Posted on: April 22nd, 2008
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“They came to the Port of Seattle’s Pier 69 representing potato farmers, software developers, apple growers and racehorse trainers.

Despite their diverse backgrounds, the message repeated by all at Monday’s trade and immigration round table converged at a single point: U.S. immigration policy has been broken for too long, and it is sapping trade, the lifeblood of Washington state.

“When I walk into a grocery store and to the produce station, I see hands,” said Josh Koempel, the manager of Potentiality Orchards in Cashmere. “Whether pears, apples, cherries, peaches or apricots, they have all been touched by hands, multiple times.”"*

*From: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com
Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish

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