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Monday, 20 migrant workers were on the line trimming cabbage. Forty more were expected to show up, but didn't show because they're afraid of deportation.
Kristin Roberts-Ferris of Lynn-Nette Farms said they considered the migrant workers "Like family. Without them we wouldn't have a family business."
Roberts-Ferris said her family depends on the workers because they can't find Americans who will do the jobs for minimum wage.
"They don't show up and won't do the work," she said.
Rural Opportunities provides services for legal migrant workers. The agency supports some aspects of immigration reform.
Michael Kincaid of Rural Opportunities said, "The agency is hoping for positive immigration reform strengthening the borders.”
Miguel Rodriguez said immigration officers have targeted other migrant camps in the area and he worries some workers here could lose everything they came to America to find.
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