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Farmhand and Farmer:

Exploring the Legal Environment that Conditions this

Precarious Relationship

Bo Schlagel

This is not a unique story

The Relationship

year-round a partnership both participating in risk

Legal System

Farmhand Farmer

Interdependent Risk Shared Trust, Solutions

Product of Structure Statement of Agency

undocumented ineffective guest worker prgm consequences

Moving Forward

guest worker programs ineffective for year-round practices many American farmers cannot find willing domestic labor many undocumented farm workers are already established in the U.S.

Policy Implications

Long-term worker program with path to residency and citizenship Documentation campaign

Fin