Tony Evers is--like any Democrat--a hypocritical turd-liar. He screeches, while looking at his shoes, that Wisconsin absolutely, positively, must have illegal-alien labor for its farms.
That is the only part of his screeching that is mostly true.
So will Tony, the Pretend-Man, lobby our Congressional delegation to fix H-2A, the 'guest worker' program? (See our answer below)
Writing about a 6,000-acre farm in southern Arkansas, the WaTimes:
...without temporary migrant workers, William Mencer said local farms would go bust, affecting the nation’s food security.
The process has become much more complex since the Mencers began using the guest worker program back in the 1980s....
... The paperwork needs to be filed 60 to 75 days before their start date, which is mid- to late-February, he said.
It costs as much as $5,000 to bring in several guest workers from Mexico to the United States, he said, noting that the cost doesn’t include the housing and transportation provided to the workers.
Most return home in mid-December, but they are eligible to stay for up to three years in certain situations when agricultural work is available.
The program requires the Mencers to advertise their farm jobs locally before they can be given to guest workers.
Joe Mencer, 65, noted that the rules call for him to fire any foreign worker he’s brought over if an American shows up and wants the job....
The government does not offer online services, email, or a phone
number. If there’s a problem, then the farm’s labor source is
jeopardized because of the lack of communication, he said.
“Sometimes things get lost in the mail. You know, literally,” he said.
One
of his client’s petition paperwork didn’t arrive in the mail. So they
filed a claim for the lost package and resubmitted the paperwork.
This time, the paperwork made it to the Dallas office, but the postal carrier found the original package and shipped it, too.
With both petitions filed with the government, it almost took an act of Congress to clear it up.
The
younger Mencer sent a letter explaining what happened with the evidence
to the government officials, just like he would in court, but the
office didn’t respond.
He enlisted the help of his
congressman to clear things up. By the time it was all done, his client
was behind by a month in getting guest workers....
...The Mencers said their farm couldn’t operate without H-2A visa
workers, although the labor cost is higher than using local workers.
Farmers’ margins are already slim because of increased production costs for fertilizer, herbicides, seed, and fuel....
In Wisconsin it's not only cash crops. It's also dairy operations. So yes, finding labor is very important.
Will Tony push hard to fix it?
HELL, NO!!
Like all Democrats, Tony wants to yell-pander. He doesn't want to fix a problem. He wants to politicize it so he looks like a Rough-and-Ready Fighter.
All while looking at his shoes......