New U.S. immigration program can help farmworkers
TULARE, California (AP) — Much of the attention on a new U.S. immigration program that started Wednesday has focused on the hundreds of thousands of students who are in the country illegally and now have the chance at work permits and deferred deportation. But just as many young workers, especially farmworkers, could benefit as well.
"The stereotype about the young people who are eligible is that they're college students and academic superstars that speak English perfectly. And that is, of course, not true for all of them," said Ed Kissam, a labor policy researcher.
One may be 23-year-old Juan Carlos Martin, who was smuggled through a U.S. border checkpoint from Mexico
