A recent opinion piece on immigration reform (“Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” by Dan Fazio in the June 2009, Good Fruit Grower) justifies a response to clarify the historical and factual record regarding the AgJOBS legislation, and explain why it is the best option for agriculture. First, the facts. The AgJOBS legislation, reintroduced in Congress as S.1038 and H.R.2414, represents a lasting bipartisan commitment to address a broken status quo that ill serves growers, producers, farmworkers, and the nation. The landmark agreement among employer and worker advocates was reached late in 2003, not in 1996. It has been popular […]