FFB Eyeing Immigration as the Hot Button Issue of 2011 Session

Randall Weiseman March 18, 2011 Cattle, Citrus, Dairy, Field Crops, Florida, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

In this report we check in with director of state legislative affairs with the Florida Farm Bureau Federation, Ben Parks, who says that it looks like immigration is going to be the hot button issue for the 2011 Legislative Session.

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