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Immigration reform poses challenges for farmers along two borders

Molly J. Smith, Cronkite Borderlands Initiative//June 3, 2013//

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Immigration reform poses challenges for farmers along two borders

Immigration reform poses challenges for farmers along two borders

Molly J. Smith, Cronkite Borderlands Initiative//June 3, 2013//

[caption id="attachment_59946" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Farmer Jim Bittner walks through some of his orchards in Appleton, N.Y. Bittner’s 400-acre farm is all tree fruit, including orchards of apples, peaches and apricots....

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