… communities, and I hear from my, you know, my farmers all the time, the cost of labor. And we have to think about immigration from an economic standpoint as well. The H2A program is so unaffordable for so many farmers, and it drives their costs up as well. This is hard, backbreaking work. And of course, our laborers deserve to get paid a decent wage, but there are so many different ways to do that other than, you know, through this H2A program. (34:56–35:04)
CLAIM
Asserts that the H2A program is unaffordable for many farmers, increasing their costs.
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