Immigrant labor is critical to the Denver area’s construction and landscape industries, and executives hope changes to the nation’s immigration laws will be flexible in allowing for seasonal workers.
“There’s a big role for immigrant labor in our industry,” said Kristen Fefes, executive director of the Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado.
“They mow, they fertilize, aerate, they’re digging the trenches to put in new, water-efficient irrigation systems, and they’re in the…
Immigrant labor is critical to the Denver area’s construction and landscape industries, and executives hope changes to the nation’s immigration laws will be flexible in allowing for seasonal workers.
“There’s a big role for immigrant labor in our industry,” said Kristen Fefes, executive director of the Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado.
“They mow, they fertilize, aerate, they’re digging the trenches to put in new, water-efficient irrigation systems, and they’re in the…