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Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed a controversial new immigration bill today, saying it will help the state solve a crisis that the federal government has refused to fix.

Working supervisors form the communication bridge between owner and workers.

Finding workers has become the number one concern for many local farmers. Tougher immigration laws, local people gravitating to other work, and the lack of an effective guest worker program makes filling the fields with workers more difficult than it was in the past.

Twenty illegal immigrants indicted, 11 arrested.

Georgia’s immigration bill will hit farmers where it hurts.

Aquila Farms ordered to pay nearly $3 million in penalties.

One culture values time and sacrifices relationships. The other fosters relationships over time and productivity.

Muchos productores de leche emplean trabajadores de habla hispana.

As shortages of workers have intensified on Henderson County apple orchards and farms across the country, congressional panels have turned their attention toward proposals to fix the problem.

Paul Wenger tells congressional committee, “E-Verify without a workable, economical way to ensure a legal agricultural work force will be a disaster for American agriculture.”