While the United States struggles to accommodate the tide of migrants seeking opportunities and a better life north of the border, some migrants are seeking opportunities even further north. Upwards of 1,400 workers could travel to British Columbia, Canada, from Mexico this year to work in the province’s orchards, berry fields, and greenhouses under the federally sponsored Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program. When the program started in British Columbia in 2004, just 47 workers participated. Developed in 1966 to bring Caribbean workers to Ontario, the program employed over 18,000 foreign workers last year. Of these, almost two-thirds—11,720—came from Mexico. Migrants are […]