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Thursday, September 6, 2007
The opinion poll results on the question about Michael Vick was 34% in favor his returning to the NFL and 66% against his return. The new poll question is “ Do you support the new rule laying out clear guidelines and penalties for employers to curb the hiring of illegal aliens.?” Voting is simple go to www.agplus.net and click yes or no. The poll is located on the right side near the bottom of the page.
Immigration rule targets farm workers
Mercury News
 By Julia Scott
MediaNews
Article Launched: 09/04/2007 01:35:00 AM PDT

HALF MOON BAY - Farmer John Giusti will be watching the mail with apprehension this fall.

He's waiting for letters from the government telling him that some of his workers have been using fraudulent Social Security numbers to earn wages on his farm.
If the workers can't fix the problem, he's going to have to fire them.
Coastside row crop farmers, flower nursery owners and other agriculture industry employers face losing some of their workers under a new national immigration enforcement policy that forces all employers to take action against employees who receive "no-match" letters from the Social Security Administration - meaning the Social Security number they've used to register for work does not match existing records.
In some cases, a clerical error could be the culprit. But in other cases, a mismatch could mean the worker is illegal. If they are, farmers like Giusti will be faced with a tough choice: Fire workers he badly needs at the height of the harvest season, some of whom have been working for him for decades, or face steep fines and possible criminal prosecution for continuing to employ them.
"I'm worried about getting a lot of those no-match letters and potentially not having enough labor to harvest my crops," said Giusti. "It could be a disaster for me.”
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Source: Mercury News
Harold Thinks! I am concerned about problems that will occur in the produce industry if answers are not found for our illegal alien problem. The problem resolution can easily be taken care of by Congress but don’t hold your breath. It seems the people in Congress want to focus on a huge bill with all the answers without fixing the problems associated with the last bill that was passed in 1989. We need to lobby for a special guest worker program for the produce industry that could be a model for other industries. Congress needs to focus its efforts on getting its back room in order so that any programs it passes can be properly administered. They are already at work improving our border security. Many times a huge project can be more easily completed when taken in small sections. We may not need a massive new immigration bill to resolve a lot of the issues if we refine our current immigration.laws. I realize this is a rather simplistic way to look at a very complex issue but sometimes simple is better. What do you think? 
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