A magistrate wrote an order requiring the family to leave. but it was not enforced. The Legal Services Corporation grantee entered the picture and threatened the farmer with a lawsuit. While the farmer did nothing wrong. he finally ended up paying the migrant worker $650 in damages plus his own legal fees. I have outlined some other cases which illustrate this point in a series of Dear Colleague letters I have sent. While these issues needed to be addressed. they did not require lawsuits. Mr. Chairman. migrant labor is important to the 19th Congressional District in Pennsylvania. Farmers need the migrant workers and the workers need the farmers. Farmers know if they abuse the workers. they will not get a good days work for a days pay. There is every reason for them to try to work things out. In fact. most of the farmers would be quite willing to negotiate with the migrant workers and their attorneys to avoid court proceedings. Negotiation. however. does not appear to be on the agenda of the advocacy groups funded through the Legal Services Corporation. At this point. the farmers do not trust the workers and the workers do not trust the farmers. Some of these individuals worked together harmoniously for years before overzealous Legal Services grantees came on the scene. The sad part of this story is that for every farmer that goes out of business because of unnecessary lawsuits. numerous migrant workers become unemployed. Before lawsuits are filed. we need to require that administrative remedies be exhausted. This action protects the farmers and the farmworkers alike.