{"id":3558,"date":"2025-03-12T15:43:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T15:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/news\/disaster-response-in-rural-america-diana-bryant-highlights-urgent-policy-needs-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T12:15:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T12:15:52","slug":"immigration-policys-effect","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/news\/immigration-policys-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"RSS Members Explain Immigration Policy\u2019s Effect on Pennsylvania\u2019s Mushroom Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3558\" data-postid=\"3558\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3558 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_x5af077 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  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BCX0\">,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167186942 BCX0\"> RSS leaders<\/span> <\/span><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW167186942 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167186942 BCX0\">Hazel Velasco Palacios<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW167186942 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167186942 BCX0\">and <\/span><\/span><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW167186942 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167186942 BCX0\">Kathleen Sexsmith<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW167186942 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167186942 BCX0\">draw attention to the urgent labor shortage affecting Pennsylvania\u2019s mushroom farms<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167186942 BCX0\">, which <\/span><span 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ripple effect of more rigid immigration restrictions. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW129124957 BCX0\">Without Intervention from policy makers, the strain on workers, growers, and consumers is likely to intensify.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW129124957 BCX0\"> &#8212; <strong>Hazel Velasco Palacios<\/strong><\/span><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW129124957 BCX0\"> and<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW129124957 BCX0\"> Kathleen Sexsmith<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW129124957 BCX0\">, Penn State <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW129124957 BCX0\">University<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW129124957 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"993\"><a 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