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Farm Labor, Immigration and Food Security
American farmers insist that immigration enforcement has dried up the supply of farm labor. Some are resorting to prison inmates and others are moving to Mexico. Also, Turkey recalls its ambassador over the Armenian genocide bill, plus Vice President Cheney and the expansion of executive power.
American farmers insist that immigration enforcement has dried up the supply of farm labor. Some are resorting to prison inmates and others are moving to Mexico. Are legal workers available and affordable? Is there a risk to the security of the food supply? Also, Turkey recalls its ambassador after a congressional declaration over the Armenian "genocide," and the new book by a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter says the expansion of executive power engineered by Vice President Cheney is a threat to the Constitution.
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