They will often recruit a crew In Louisiana or Texas or some other State and transport their crew to work elsewhere. Traditional crew leaders are hard to find. and even harder to locate and control. Farmers and processors. on the other hand. are quite easy to find. They are permanently located and are tied to their farm. processing plant. or other property. If it appears that they are abusing migrant workers. they can easily be held accountable under the many laws that protect migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Indeed. registration requirement for fixed situs employers are redundant and unnecessary. A second major change of the proposed bill clarifies the extent to which agricultural employers are responsible for worker protections.