Immigration Reform and California Agriculture

Dec 5, 2013

Immigration Reform and California Agriculture

Dec 5, 2013

Really great article here by UC Davis' Philip Martin concerning immigration reform bills and what they might mean for the labor situation in the agriculture of California.

http://californiaagriculture.ucanr.org/landingpage.cfm?article=ca.v067n04p196&fulltext=yes

Interestingly, it looks like the longer periods of US employment permitted by one bill, S 744, as well as the opportunity for immigrants to bring family with them, could result in a larger number of people coming here from Asia to work.

Might be a signal to start learning Mandarin Chinese.