Tree fruit industry advocates believe the timing is right for Congress to pass an immigration reform bill. But it won’t come easy and will take effort from labor-intensive growers across the country to make sure legislation provides a reliable and legal work force for the tree fruit industry. “We have a narrow window of opportunity between now and May, but we’ll have to work hard to get it passed,” said Jon Wyss, government affairs analyst for Gebbers Farms, a tree fruit grower-shipper in Brewster, Washington. Agriculture was on the cusp of immigration reform when tragedy struck on September 11, 2001, […]