David North

Center for Immigration Studies

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Senior fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, a think-tank that pushes for increased immigration enforcement; assistant to then-Labor Secretary Willard Wirtz (Lyndon B. Johnson Administration)

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It's the summer harvest season in California, and farmers are facing a problem that's all too familiar: undocumented workers are needed to pick the crops.

Work Permits and the Politics of Immigration

It's the summer harvest season in California, and farmers are facing a problem that's all too familiar: undocumented workers are needed to pick the crops.

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