Amid talk of deportation, farmers defend immigrant labor
STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — He’s now an Iredell County agriculture worker. But 10 years ago this month, he was embarking on a journey to leave Mexico and cross the U.S. border in hopes of giving his family a better life. The journey nearly killed him.It was March 2008 when the worker, who the Record & Landmark is not identifying because he is undocumented, decided to make the trip from Vera Cruz, Mexico to North Carolina.Like many immigrants trying to […]
