A substantial number of those that are employed in rural areas. about 40 percent. earned wages below the poverty threshold for a family of four. Real wages for rural workers have declined between 1979 and 1992 by over $1 an hour. The rural unemployment rate is even more pronounced in those areas and in those counties with high concentrations of migrant and seasonal agricultural workers. the same kind of people that we want to import from other countries. Even during the peak months of agricultural labor demand. we still see very high rates of unemployment. During July 1995. which is a very high. peak time of year for agricultural work. in California. in 19 of the biggest counties of California dealing with agriculture. 17 of those 19 counties had doubledigit unemployment rates.