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Vanishing Field Labor Damages U.S. Agricultural Industry

In the midst of a record-breaking drought now crippling U.S. farmers and ranchers, another shortage compounds the damage: vanishing field laborers that harvest the nation’s crops. Perhaps the 2004 movie “A Day Without a Mexican” should get a second look.

Illegal immigrants do backbreaking, often dangerous jobs for minimal wages; jobs that Americans don’t want.

"There's a different sort of drought plaguing California, the nation's largest farm state. It's $38 billion agricultural sector is facing a scarcity of labor." Jane Wells, CNBC

From CNBC

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ICYMI: MSNBC’s Now with Alex Wagner

On today’s Now with Alex Wagner, I join guests Josh Green, Jonathan Capehart, Richard Wolffe, Michael Scherer, and Nicholas Shaxson to discuss exactly what is and what isn’t working for both Obama and Romney leading up to the general election. We also took a look at Biden’s NAACP speech, new developments in the Sandusky case, and the steps being taken to get the economy back on track.

Watch clips from today’s show below!

From Now with Alex

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