Think Out Loud

Biden proposes a path to citizenship for farm laborers

By Sage Van Wing (OPB)
Jan. 27, 2021 3:58 p.m.

Broadcast: Wednesday, Jan. 27

Cows poke their heads out from gates at a dairy farm in Tillamook, Ore., in this Feb. 19, 2020, file photo.

Cows poke their heads out from gates at a dairy farm in Tillamook, Ore., in this Feb. 19, 2020, file photo.

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On his first day in office, President Joe Biden proposed a bill that would immediately grant legal status to over a million undocumented farmworkers. Sierra McClain, reporter for Capital Press, tells us how Pacific Northwest farm groups are reacting to the proposal.

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