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Article: Western Growers Hails Immigration Reform Deal.
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- PR Newswire
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- May 11, 2006
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Powerful Agriculture Trade Association Praises Breakthrough and Lauds Benefits for Agriculture Industry
IRVINE, Calif., May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Western Growers officials today hailed the news that Senate leaders had reached a deal to revive a comprehensive immigration reform bill that could be passed before Memorial Day. The agreement between Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tennessee, and Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, comes after a weeks long stalemate that threatened to derail a badly needed overhaul of the nation's immigration policy. Key for the specialty crop industry and Western Growers members is a provision which would ultimately supply the ...