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Pennsylvania’s apple industry is harmed by demonizing immigrants as rapists, criminals and pet eaters | PennLive Editorial

Pennsylvania’s apple industry is harmed by demonizing immigrants as rapists, criminals and pet eaters | PennLive Editorial

Pickers at Bonnie Brae Fruit Farms in Huntington Township, Adams County, harvest Golden Delicious apples. Pennsylvania, one of the nation’s largest apple producers, relies heavily on immigrant labor to fill agricultural jobs, as well as to work on poultry and dairy farms. Sept. 10, 2024. Dan Gleiter | [email protected]Dan Gleiter | [email protected]