Federal immigration policy must balance enforcement with a humane and effective program to allow foreign-born workers to come here to do the produce harvesting and processing jobs that Americans simply won't.
Emphasizing the need for immigration reform to support the agricultural workforce.
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We urge Congress to continue to provide people the means to access healthy food.
I am all for that, but just to have an open-ended check I don't think is necessarily a good idea.
I want American farmers participating in this, and American people support these programs in large part because they think it is American-grown products that are being used over there.
The Farmers to Families Food Box Program (FFFBP) was the victim of a rushed process that included no engagement with current distributors and nonprofits and resulted in cherry-picked contractors who were not qualified.
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