The intractable debate over immigration reform, which pre-dates the Trump administration, continues to take a toll on New York’s farmers and farmworkers.“Reforms should allow current, trained workers to stay on farms as well as improve the guest worker visa program to address seasonal and year-round labor needs on our farms,’’ said Steve Ammerman, a spokesman for the New York Farm Bureau.The visa program, known as H2A, is virtually the only avenue [...]

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