"Further, we sadly note that the current dilemma in which some of Georgias growers find themselves was easily avoided by simply using the long existing federal foreign guest worker system known as the H2A visa program. This visa establishes lawful means for agricultural employers who anticipate a shortage of domestic workers to bring an unlimited number of temporary foreign workers into the United States. Including Georgia." But the grateful, legal, temporary workers must be treated with dignity and respect. Employers must provide housing that meets lawful safety and health standards. They must also provide workers compensation insurance to workers. The wage for H2A workers must be the same as that for U.S. workers. The employer must ensure the legal temporary workers receive three meals a day. We are certain that no reasonable Georgian can somehow maintain that these requirements are somehow unfair, cumbersome or too costly. With little fear of federal sanctions, these requirements make pliable and desperate, fugitive illegals considerably more profitable to use. Even if no American ever again applies for employment in Georgias Ag business, farmers have access to the legal foreign H2A workers if they properly prepare for a Georgia in which they must operate their business in a lawful manner. Read more: The Marietta Daily Journal - D A King A Letter Id Like to Read About Immigration Reform and Agriculture http://mdjonline.com/view/full_stor...d-Agriculture?instance=lead_story_left_column
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