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With changing immigration policies, Northwest farmers say they're leaning more on the H-2A visa program to fill labor gaps. Domestic workers say they're losing ground.

Cherry growers say the threat of deportations under President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown is keeping the migrant workforce they rely on this time of year from showing up to work. They describe an increasingly urgent labor crisis that could leave cherries rotting in the field, and farmers holding the bill.

People traveled from across Washington state to rally outside of a Tacoma Safeway store in support of farm workers Monday afternoon. The United Farm Workers and their supporters are calling on Windmill Farms in Sunnyside to recognize the unionization efforts and give workers a contract. The union said workers have been trying to get recognition for two years.

Once trabajadores agrícolas del estado de Washington y de México fueron galardonados recientemente por sus ideas para mejorar la industria de la manzana. Ellos respondieron al reto “Tus ideas cuentan: Manzana 2024”, organizado por Semillero de Ideas, una organización sin ánimo de lucro que empodera a los trabajadores del campo para impulsar la innovación agrícola.

Eleven farmworkers from Washington state and Mexico were honored recently for their ideas to improve the apple industry. They responded to the challenge "Our Ideas Matter: Manzana 2024," organized by Semillero de Ideas, a nonprofit that empowers farmworkers to drive agricultural innovation.

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Immigration policies and measures are causing concern among farmers and farmworkers in Washington.

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Cases of avian flu among agricultural workers are raising concerns in the Northwest. The Washington State Department of Health has reported more than a dozen cases of avian flu among workers in recent months.

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