[mabelkitty]

Check this out

http://jfs.ohio.gov/agriculture/Migrant_Agricultural_Report_2001.pdf#search='ohio%20migrant%20worker'

[Cultural Jihad]

Thanks for the link.

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The Ohio migrant population is willing to do a job that most local workers are not because the nature of the work is typically demanding and temporary. Pay is lower than most service jobs, medical benefits are not offered, and the working hours are long. The workers contribute to an agricultural economy that is currently number one in the state, well over 200 million in sales. It is estimated that there will be a continuous need for migrant labor in the coming years. With more jobs in the service sector, local labor that traditionally performed agricultural work has turned to air-conditioned work environments rather than work under the hot summer sun. It fair to say that the migrant labor force is crucial to Ohio’s agricultural economy.

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SUMMARY: As the State of Ohio continues to utilize migrant labor, there are factors that need to be considered. As previously stated, about 70% of the migrant workforce is undocumented and working in Ohio with fraudulent documents such as INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) green cards and Social Security numbers. These are the basic essentials required to be able to apply for the INS I-9, the Employee Verification Form, which gives migrants permission to work legally in the U.S. With this predicament and with the recent verification of workers’ social security numbers, we face a difficult dilemma being able to secure this labor in the future as well as the INS possibily apprehending the workforce. Ohio’s agricultural economy will suffer dramatically if the migrant labor workforce is removed.

Nationwide, Congress has been talking about legislation to address this issue. The events of September 11th, 2001, however, have nearly halted all discussion on this matter. It is important to address this issue and to begin to establish a process to legalize this valuable workforce already in the U.S. While the H2-A program which imports foreign labor for seasonal agricultural employment is a good program for workers that live out of the country, special attention needs to payed to those migrant workers already in the U.S. working illegally. It is this workforce that suffers as a result of not having valid documents to work in the United States. The courts are overflowing with workers that are apprehended for driving without a license and/or insurance. Without valid proof of identification, it is difficult to obtain the necessary documents to be able to participate in the United States workforce. As stated, above this workforce is not robbing Americans of their jobs, but rather doing all the jobs that most Americans are not willing to do anymore. It is imperative to recognize this predicament of proper identification so that the federal government can establish a process to legalize this workforce for the good of our agricultural economy.

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