It’s cantaloupe season in the San Joaquin Valley, a time that takes me back to a summer during high school when I picked melons in Huron for farming pioneer Russell Giffen. I didn’t know Giffen. I was merely one of thousands of high school and college students who picked crops...
Farm Leader Makes Passionate Plea for Immigration Reform
Every day thousands of people wake up before the sun rises, pack their lunches, and drive or carpool their way to work. Some toil underneath the hot sun, while others are inside feverishly packing perishable items to make sure they make their cross-country or ocean voyage in time. Six...
Farm Leader Makes Passionate Plea for Immigration Reform
Every day thousands of people wake up before the sun rises, pack their lunches, and drive or carpool their way to work. Some toil underneath the hot sun, while others are inside feverishly packing perishable items to make sure they make their cross-country or ocean voyage in time. Six...
Opinion: GOP Immigration Plan is All Pain, No Gain
By Benjamin Powell InsideSources.com President Donald Trump recently endorsed legislation that would cut the number of legal immigrants admitted to the United States in half. He claims it would put the needs of American workers first. He’s mistaken. The bill would not make more jobs available for the native born or improve their wages, but it would harm our economy. The RAISE Act, sponsored by Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, and David Perdue, R-Georgia, would significantly reduce the number of...
Opinion: GOP Immigration Plan is All Pain, No Gain
By Benjamin Powell InsideSources.com President Donald Trump recently endorsed legislation that would cut the number of legal immigrants admitted to the United States in half. He claims it would put the needs of American workers first. He’s mistaken. The bill would not make more jobs available for the native born or improve their wages, but it would harm our economy. The RAISE Act, sponsored by Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, and David Perdue, R-Georgia, would significantly reduce the number of...