NOW IF WE COULD JUST GET THEM TO STAY:

Congress Saves Vermont Apple Harvest (Conan Milner, 9/23/10, Epoch Times)

A congressional delegation has ensured a successful apple harvest in Vermont. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and others helped expedite permits for temporary foreign workers to harvest state apple crops.

Warm spring weather prompted early blooms in Vermont orchards, so growers knew they would have to prepare for an early harvest. The problem was making sure that there were enough seasonal workers to pick the crop.

For nearly 30 years, apple growers have relied on the H-2A program, which permits U.S. employers to bring temporary foreign workers into the country to perform seasonal agricultural work