Part of the Broetje Orchards community of family homes and apartments. Normally reserved and quiet spoken, Ralph Broetje is uncharacteristically vocal on the topic of U.S. immigration policy. Labor problems are the biggest cloud hanging over the industry, says the Prescott, Washington, orchardists, who employs 2,000 people at the season’s peak. “I encourage people to speak out on that issue loud and clear to the political people. We desperately need immigration reform, and it needs to happen quickly.” He’s dismayed by Congress’s enforcement-only approach with plans to build walls and fences to keep people out. “It will devastate the industry […]