This infographic describes the important role the agriculture industry plays in Texas, and highlights the industry’s reliance on the immigrant workforce as well as growing agricultural labor shortages in the state.
Sources:
https://www.texasagriculture.gov/About/TexasAgStats.aspx
https://www.texasobserver.org/immigrant-workers-texas-fill-farm-vacancies-theyre-trapped-valley/
https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/naws/pdfs/NAWS_Research_Report_13.pdf
https://www.fb.org/market-intel/2019-h-2a-sets-records-while-a-2020-aewr-wage-increase-approaches
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