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Illegal workers swept from jobs in silent raids

Steve

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Immigration inspectors who pored over the records of one of those growers, Gebbers Farms, found evidence that more than 500 of its workers, mostly immigrants from Mexico, were in the country illegally. In December, Gebbers Farms, based in this Washington orchard town, fired the workers.

After completing a federally mandated local labor search, Gebbers Farms applied to the federal guest worker program to import about 1,200 legal temporary workers — most from Mexico. The guest workers, who can stay for up to six months, also included about 300 from Jamaica.

looks like the "grower" found a way around the law, and still imported cheap labor..

even as one "legal" immigrant complained..

“They are bringing people from outside,” Ms. Cervantes said, perplexed. “What will happen to those of us who are already here?”

so in the end??? what was solved???
 

Steve

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it took me awhile to look up a contact in New York that has closed his apple orchards and store last year.. New York family orchards are really hard hit over the last few years.. most like the New Jersey white Peach orchards have given up. as they can't compete..

last year he commented how the local stores could ship in Washington apples cheaper then he could pick them.. and couldn't figure out how they did it... now he knows..

with a large (1200) imported labor force.. gebbers can threaten to keep 500 and get the cheapest laborers.. dumping the rest (700) on the local job market, driving labor cost down even more..

so gebbers is exploiting cheap labor and the fed gives them permission..

yes he should be jailed... no matter how he is contracting the labor..
 
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