Immigrants fuel America's economy: Will elections value or endanger them

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But the Bakers' business couldn't survive without an agricultural guest worker program that brings in Mexican immigrants for about nine months a year to help harvest crops in fields where temperatures frequently exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius).

When people complain that foreign workers are taking their jobs, I roll my eyes, said Janille Baker, who manages the ranch's accounting.

Few things say America like Janille and Tom Baker's ranch, with its grazing cattle, scrub brush-dotted desert and snow-capped mountains.

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Markets: IndiaAustraliaEl SalvadorHaitiMexicoUnited States

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Published On: 2024-10-21 @ 11:17:57 (11 hours ago)

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