Oklahoma’s new anti-illegal immigration law has some farmers and agricultural businesses scrambling for laborers ,“In the small communities where you’ve got seasonal work, it’s hard to find legal people who want to work,” Ellison said. “I’m down to one crew because I can’t find enough help to run 24 hours a day anymore.”.
David Lingle, gin manager for the Red River Gin at the Tillman Producers Co-op in Frederick, said while he makes sure his employees have the documentation they need to work for him, the law has intimidated even legal workers from coming to Oklahoma during the cotton-ginning season.He said he has had to recruit from a labor pool that doesn’t want to do the work or don’t work out if they are hired. Lingle said workers are paid more than $700 a week.“It’s the sorriest help I’ve ever seen in my life,” Lingle said. “The ones that are born and raised here are just not willing to do the work. This law is putting us in a bad situation.”
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