N.C. Farm Bureau
Aug 16, 2007—The North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation is pulling out all the stops in an effort to support the current immigration bill that is about to work its way through Congress. Farm Bureau President Larry Wooten gathered together media, farm producers and commodity representatives from all over the state on Friday for a press conference, in which he called for the bill’s passage. A press release by the North Carolina Farm Bureau said that the Farm Bureau “recognizes that the U.S. system of immigration is broken and must be changed if labor-intensive industries such as agriculture are to survive and the American economy is to move forward. The North Carolina Farm Bureau is the state’s largest general farm organization. It is comprised of over 500,000 North Carolina families. Wooten said the legislation is not perfect, but “is necessary if we are to fix a system that is broken and will only worsen without change. Now is the time to act.” Wooten said that the N.C. Farm Bureau is not endorsing amnesty for illegal workers already in the country, but its farmers must have access to a legal, skilled and reliable labor force.
Aug 16, 2007—The North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation is pulling out all the stops in an effort to support the current immigration bill that is about to work its way through Congress. Farm Bureau President Larry Wooten gathered together media, farm producers and commodity representatives from all over the state on Friday for a press conference, in which he called for the bill’s passage. A press release by the North Carolina Farm Bureau said that the Farm Bureau “recognizes that the U.S. system of immigration is broken and must be changed if labor-intensive industries such as agriculture are to survive and the American economy is to move forward. The North Carolina Farm Bureau is the state’s largest general farm organization. It is comprised of over 500,000 North Carolina families. Wooten said the legislation is not perfect, but “is necessary if we are to fix a system that is broken and will only worsen without change. Now is the time to act.” Wooten said that the N.C. Farm Bureau is not endorsing amnesty for illegal workers already in the country, but its farmers must have access to a legal, skilled and reliable labor force.
