As crab season approaches, Shore businesses left in limbo
BALTIMORE SUN
Visa shortage prevents Mexican workers' entry By Chris Guy and Rona Kobell
April 2, 2005=== HOOPER'S ISLAND - In the seasonal rhythm of life on this slice of land dangling alongside the Chesapeake Bay, the first days of the commercial crab season are marked by anticipation.
No one will be catching any crabs until temperatures rise a bit, but the crab pots are ready - repaired, painted and neatly stacked. The decks of low-slung work boats are scrubbed. Diesel engines are fine-tuned. At the crab processing houses, industrial-sized crab steamers and stainless steel picking tables are gleaming.
But this year, despite all of the preparation, there is worry that the island's seafood industry is facing economic disaster. Hundreds of workers from Mexico would normally be on their way to jobs here and across Maryland's Eastern Shore to pry fluffy white meat from the crabs and pack it for shipping to markets near and far. The workers are still in Mexico, however, because they cannot get visas from the U.S. government.
screw the illegals, MAKE the handout recipeints DO THE WORK in order to keep benefits coming
Great Idea!
BS. I don't ever remember them having this problem.
And when I look at crabmeat in the store I'd say most of it is from Thailand.