[quote]NTOLERANCE: Red Gold hires migrants, not immigrants


By Brandi Watters

ORESTES — Every August, 430 migrant workers flood Orestes and Elwood to spend just over two months sorting tomatoes at Red Gold. According to Steve Austin of Red Gold, the majority of the workers are Hispanic but they are not, as some believe, immigrants.

“They are migrant workers. They’re not immigrants. There is a difference. They are seasonal migrant workers that are already here and they move around and they do agricultural migrant work as a choice,â€