A recent USA Today cover story described experienced immigrant workers packing up and leaving Oklahoma for less hostile places. Those immigrants are not returning to home countries either, but rather relocating to other states, in response to H.B.1804 a tough anti-business immigration enforcement law passed in the state late last year.
The story that ran on January 10, "Strict immigration law rattles Okla. Businesses " featured quotes by Greenleaf Nursery Co. president Randy Davis, as well as a front page color photo of workers at the nursery. ANLA worked with the paper and with Greenleaf to facilitate the story as part of a broader effort to educate the American public on the need for immigration law reform.
USA Today has been following the issue and highlighted nursery businesses and immigration reform topics. In 2006 it ran a story entitled 'Guest workers' at core of labor dispute highlighting how Ohio industry leader Tom Demaline of Willoway Nurseries was affected. A more recent story focused on Rhode Island landscape professional Jonathan Zeyl, whose H-2B guest workers are unable to return to the U.S. legally this year because Congress has failed to renew a visa provision. For more:
http://capwiz.com/anla/utr/1/HZRLIBTZQA/AAVTIBTZWM/1729272176
The story that ran on January 10, "Strict immigration law rattles Okla. Businesses " featured quotes by Greenleaf Nursery Co. president Randy Davis, as well as a front page color photo of workers at the nursery. ANLA worked with the paper and with Greenleaf to facilitate the story as part of a broader effort to educate the American public on the need for immigration law reform.
USA Today has been following the issue and highlighted nursery businesses and immigration reform topics. In 2006 it ran a story entitled 'Guest workers' at core of labor dispute highlighting how Ohio industry leader Tom Demaline of Willoway Nurseries was affected. A more recent story focused on Rhode Island landscape professional Jonathan Zeyl, whose H-2B guest workers are unable to return to the U.S. legally this year because Congress has failed to renew a visa provision. For more:
http://capwiz.com/anla/utr/1/HZRLIBTZQA/AAVTIBTZWM/1729272176
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