There is vigorous local support for the center. The city council for the city of Hope. Ark.. recently passed a resolution of strong support for continued funding. and the Southern Baptist Convention has funded a $35.000 program to provide counseling. food. and entertainment to the migrants. The center thus allows local organizations and individuals to provide needed support and services to these itenerant laborers as they journey to orchard and fields in other parts of the country. By providing migrant farmworkers with a place to stay while on the road. the Center encourages productive work. Continued funding of this project is consistent with sound immigration policy as well. the migrants who stay there overnight are Mexican Americans and must produce a social security card to register. To my knowledge. this center is the only one like it in the country. It is a sound expenditure of a relatively small amount of public funds for a necessary and humanitarian purpose.
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