Newspaper Article

Florida, don't forget farmworkers in disaster-relief plans

Economos, Jeannie

2017

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Congressman Tom Rooney has said that he will not support any disaster relief that ignores agriculture, and Gov. Rick Scott today urged Speaker Paul Ryan to approve funding for Florida’s citrus growers as part of the federal aid package. [...]some farmworkers and their families were forced to endure unbearable heat without electricity and/or water for days on end. First and foremost, we need an immigration policy that will allow the most hardworking people in the country who do some of the most vital work — harvesting crops and feeding a nation — to come out of the shadows and live with dignity, respect and hope.

• الناشر: Tribune Publishing Company, LLC
• موضوع: Disaster relief / Employment / Farmworkers / Food / Harvest / Noncitizens / Ryan, Paul