'Fruit Pickers' Left Out of Obama's Amnesty

Are we a nation that tolerates the hypocrisy of a system where workers who pick our fruit and make our beds never have a chance to get right with the law? Or are we a nation that gives them a chance to make amends, take responsibility, and give their kids a better future?" That was the challenge President Barack Obama posed to America on Thursday evening as he issued his decree that effectively provided amnesty to millions. While he called out "fruit pickers: in his speech extending legal status to millions of foreign nationals illegally present in the U.S., Obama did not specifically extend legal status to those agricultural workers.

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