Possible U.S. crackdown on illegal workers alarms agriculture industry | Nation | News f...: "WASHINGTON -- The agriculture industry fears a disaster on the horizon if the bit of new immigration policy that Congress seems to agree on becomes law.
A plan to require all American businesses to check their employees through E-Verify, a program that confirms that each is legally entitled to work in the U.S., could wreak havoc on an industry where 80 percent of the field workers are illegal immigrants.
'We are headed toward a train wreck,' said Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat whose district includes agriculture-rich areas."
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