usa news: PEACH BOTTOM, Pa. \u2013 This picturesque village in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is nearly 2,000 miles from the country’s southern border. <\/p>\n
But at Graywood Farms in the heart of Amish country, farmer and co-owner Lisa Graybeal warns of a pressing immigration issue that she and other farmers say is not getting enough attention: They need migrant workers to keep their farms running and Americans fed.<\/p>\n
Key Points
\nFarmers say they are ‘desperate’ for immigration reform and rely on a migrant workforce
\nSource: ‘Las Vegas, as we know it, doesn’t work without immigrants.’
\nImmigration is important but often prioritized behind the economy and abortion
\nCandidate: ‘Washington has dropped the ball on immigration’
\n“This is extremely urgent,” Graybeal said. “Without immigrant labor, our dairy farm wouldn’t be here.” <\/p>\n
She and other Pennsylvania farmers say they want Congress to stop attacking each other over immigration and pass reform that will give year-round growers and producers \u2013 which describes most farms \u2013 access to the H2-A farmworker program used by seasonal growers and producers. The visa program would ease the worker shortage in the agriculture industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
usa news: PEACH BOTTOM, Pa. – This picturesque village in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is nearly 2,000 miles from the country’s southern border. But at Graywood Farms in the heart of Amish country, farmer and co-owner Lisa Graybeal warns of a pressing immigration issue that she and other farmers say is not getting enough attention: They need migrant workers to keep their farms running and Americans fed. Key Points Farmers say they are ‘desperate’ for immigration reform and rely on a migrant workforce Source: ‘Las Vegas, as we know it, doesn’t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29526"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29528,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29526\/revisions\/29528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}