Those Who Put Food on Our Tables Need a New Immigration Process

Published: October 2, 2012

Huffington Post
October 1, 2012

Yes, politicians can overcome partisanship and unite around something: making New York state the next yogurt capital

However, that can’t happen without a new immigration process. And our political leaders have not been able to break through the logjam of inaction on immigration.

Coupled with an enforcement crackdown by the Obama administration, this inertia is leaving farmers across the country in crisis, with too few hands for the harvest this season.

And cows don’t milk themselves. That means New York farmers will need more hands.

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