Increased immigration enforcement and some high profile cases involving human trafficking are causing some growers in Florida to rethink how to get their crops harvested.  An alternative to hiring farm laborers – who may or may not be properly documented – is the government’s H-2A temporary worker program.  Some farm worker advocates criticize the program.  Others say if it’s done right, everyone benefits.  WGCU’s Valerie Alker has more.

Increased immigration enforcement and some high profile cases involving human trafficking are causing some growers in Florida to rethink how to get their crops harvested.  An alternative to hiring farm laborers – who may or may not be properly documented – is the government’s H-2A temporary worker program.  Some farm worker advocates criticize the program.  Others say if it’s done right, everyone benefits.  WGCU’s Valerie Alker has more.

Increased immigration enforcement and some high profile cases involving human trafficking are causing some growers in Florida to rethink how to get their crops harvested.  An alternative to hiring farm laborers – who may or may not be properly documented – is the government’s H-2A temporary worker program.  Some farm worker advocates criticize the program.  Others say if it’s done right, everyone benefits.  WGCU’s Valerie Alker has more.

Southwest Florida is home to thousands of Haitian Americans and local non-profits have long been involved in efforts to help the struggling Caribbean nation.  In the wake of the earthquake, those efforts have been ramped up.  WGCU’s John Davis prepared this report.

Southwest Florida is home to thousands of Haitian Americans and local non-profits have long been involved in efforts to help the struggling Caribbean nation.  In the wake of the earthquake, those efforts have been ramped up.  WGCU’s John Davis prepared this report.

Hundreds of Southwest Florida residents commemorated Martin Luther King, Jr., Day with a march in downtown Fort Myers this morning/Monday.  WGCU’s John Davis spoke with marchers and onlookers about Dr. King’s life and contributions to the civil rights movement.

Last
week’s cold front has not only been harsh on growers and their crops –
but also the workers in the fields.  WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.

Last
week’s cold front has not only been harsh on growers and their crops –
but also the workers in the fields.  WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.

U.S.
Senator George LeMieux toured parts of Cape Coral Thursday speaking
with residents about contaminated drywall and the city’s high
foreclosure rate.  WGCU’s John Davis reports.

U.S.
Senator George LeMieux toured parts of Cape Coral Thursday speaking
with residents about contaminated drywall and the city’s high
foreclosure rate.  WGCU’s John Davis reports.