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Immigration Reform and Agricultural Labor

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  • Coltrane, Robert

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For the first time, H-2 immigration legislation for the temporary employment of foreign workers has been designed especially for agriculture. If passed, part of the pending Immigration Reform and Control Act will force farm employers to hire either American workers or legal foreign workers. Although information is sketchy, it appears that labor-intensive farms, particularly in vegetable- and fruit-growing States such as California and Florida, will be most affected by the law. Vegetable, melon, fruit and tree nut, and horticultural specialty farms accounted for 6.4 percent of all U.S. farms and nearly 10 percent of the value of farms sales in 1978. Some employers, at times dependent on illegal foreign workers, may have difficulty filling seasonal jobs with American workers.

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  • Coltrane, Robert, 1984. "Immigration Reform and Agricultural Labor," Agricultural Economic Reports 305540, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerser:305540
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.305540
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    1. Emerson, Robert D., 1985. "Critical Issues In Agricultural Labor Markets," Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 17(1), pages 1-10, July.
    2. Daberkow, Stan G. & Whitener, Leslie A., 1986. "Agricultural Labor Data Sources: An Update," Miscellaneous Publications 321976, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    3. Goodwin, Harold L., Jr., 1985. "Discussion: Critical Issues In Agricultural Labor Markets," Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 17(1), pages 1-4, July.
    4. Hildreth, R.J. & Bentley, Orville G. & Johnson, Glenn L. & Tweeten, Luther & Mellor, John W. & Bromley, Daniel W. & Pope, Rulon D. & Leman, Christopher K. & Paarlberg, Robert L. & King, R.P. & Sonka, , 1985. "Agriculture and Rural Areas Approaching the Twenty-first Century: Challenges for Agricultural Economics," 1985 Annual Meeting, August 4-7, Ames, Iowa 278707, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    5. Findeis, Jill L. & Chitose, Yoshimi, 1994. "Hired Farm Labor: U.S. Trends and Survey Results for Pennsylvania," AE & RS Research Reports 257732, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology.

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