Mar 1, 2018Perdue Talks Cap to Guestworker Numbers
During a visit in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue mentioned The Agricultural Guestworker Act of Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.). After Perdue’s talk and Q&A session, FGN asked him about a concern we’ve heard from growers, that the bill could cap the number of workers. Here’s what he had to say.
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