Immigrant labor pinch threatens 500 New Jersey farms (worth $475 million)

Over 500 farms worth $475 million are at risk of failure because of increased immigration enforcement, according to a report released Thursday by a credit firm serving farms in the northeastern U.S.

First Pioneer Farm Credit found 25,636 New Jersey jobs could be lost due to a depleted labor force if increasingly punitive enforcement against illegal immigrants continues. The study found 508 farms could be forced to cut back or simply collapse altogether due to a loss of labor.”*

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