Undocumented can’t be solution to labor shortage

Published 1:30 am Friday, June 3, 2022

Hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants are entering the United States each month crossing the southern border. They could conceivably help alleviate the agricultural labor shortage but they haven’t. In order to enter the job force, they need to have a Social Security card, a green card or other papers. It may take years before they are provided with the necessary documents that will enable them to seek employment or start a business. They may have entered the land of opportunity but for now, the opportunity is not available to them.

Dan Bartelheimer

Snohomish County Farm Bureau

Snohomish