October 31st, 2008 7:39 PM Eastern

PALIN TALKS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ON PA BUS TOUR
by Shushannah Walshe



HARRISBURG, PA – Sarah Palin’s bus tour throughout Pennsylvania made stops in Latrobe, Somerset, New Paris, and York so far. In Somerset, joined by her husband Todd she went on a tour of Leiss Tool and Die Co., which manufactures metal parts and does stamping and welding. Palin chatted with workers about the technology and the need for more vocational training.

Her next stop was New Paris where she visited Boyer Orchards, a large family-run apple orchard. While she toured the facility, her 7-year-old daughter Piper dressed as a snow princess for Halloween gave out candy to the rope line.

Palin met with the owners and they began discussing illegal immigration—an issue that was a very hot topic in the primary season, but Palin has not mentioned once on the stump since her selection.

Orchard owner Matt Boyer told Palin that he relies on migrant work for their very short picking season and they’ve had migrant workers for 30 years.

“Now it’s getting increasingly difficult to find legal help. People don’t understand this immigration issue. We need workers, we can’t get anybody, any local person to help us, its hard work, we tell people about our orchard and it’s a lot of hands on manual work.â€