Let me go on with a few other examples. I mentioned that California and Arizona farmers say they need 77.000 workers during the December to May to harvest. and they estimate they may be 35.000 workers short. The estimates from my State are that illegal immigrants make up at least onefourth of the workforce and as high as 90 percent of the farm labor payroll. It is also estimated that for every agricultural job lost. we lose three to four other related jobs. I am told that in the Senators State. farm workers are down 18 percent. and the potato growers of Idaho want AgJOBS passed to keep the industry growing.
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