European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday july 1,1987 entry of immigrant workers into . Eased to save crops Washington up the immigration and nalu Rali action service gave in to pressure from growers who warned of rolling crop and it further relaxed Rule monday to Case entry of Immi Grant farm workers into the unite states. Ins commissioner Alan Nelsons id agricultural workers who pay is 85 in fees will he admitted to the United Stales for 90 Days without fun j not a Traute too soon be cause Oregon is in a terrible crunch with our cherries and pears and apples All having to be picked at on said rep. Ron Wyden d-oir."1 think this is a sign that real ism has let in it the immigration service and that they Are going to implement the Bill the Way con Gress had intended he said rep. Sid Morrison r-wash.,said the announcement lakes into consideration the human element folks trapped behind the curtain of red tape in immigrant workers apply for entry it the Border they will Beret ahead to identify location they worked and Nama of pan employed and describe the kind of documentation they win be Able legalized immigration Afler receive it temporary certificate they Willie required to cure documents suet As wage re Cor and Trade to during the 90 is after they enter Theta ital to mop the documents win subject workers to Deporta Tion a new Border processing Centero handle the special agricultural Wofter program was opened in Day it Catena. Calif. Nebon said neither workers nor growers need fear the proven which wept into Eflee with enactment Tost year of Immi Gration Reform. Mutto h to 111 kawtmcjan.1,itn2. To Pitfor Mainc Toon Burkig Ity to Epport a Farba Pat Gaby since the Law went into effect. Uie flow of mexican workers has slowed to a trickle and Growen in states warned that crop were Rotten in the fid Iwest Era Growen said they would be the next to offer crop Loots. Can orca applied Strong Premeon the to ease the Ruks to admit Yorken More quickly. Agriculture Secretary Richar Lyng said he believes an adequate Supply of farm workers will enter the country in time to Harvest fruits vegetables and other Peri Shable crops. I would Way this is the transition year. I Hope we Don t have another one he said. I would think we could gel inc crops handled without said there is no hard data pm How Many people Are needed to Harvest inc crops. He said growers and growers associations mus conduct More outreach to help workers come to the United slate Sand help them get through the red week. The ins agreed to move up a deadline fur immigrant workers residing in the United states to apply from May i to june26. Without that Extension work ers would have had to return to Mexico to apply. On june 1, the ins opened 107offices and began opera Lime 40 to bile vans to handle agricultural workers. Nelson said 11,000 work ers have applied within the coun try the sule department which banana the processing in Mexico expanded in processing from just the embassy in Mexico City to offices in Monterrey and Hen Tosiuo and nine will be open longer hours and Whf Capa if necessary Nelson Laid. There will be More Adoti Swaeby radio television and Flim in Mexico he said and the govern ment has set up an Inte Lujency Clearing House to work with us. The immigration Reform act provided 8 special program siting temporary resident status to Arm workers if they worked on Perth be crops in the United slain foray 9o
