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Work as if in some ways no one ever sees them do it. that creates a real sense of i think it might be and i m not a golfer. but i think as a golfer who shows up at these courses and sees that they re in pristine conditions all the time, doesn t necessarily see a lot of the work that goes on, that it s some sort of force of nature that happens independent of any sort of sacrifice on the part of workers. your story notes that in a 2008 cornell study of latino workers in golf, nearly 10% of golf course superintendents reported having lost workers to deportations in the previous three years. how is the golf industry or is the golf industry working to help undocumented employees find the path to citizenship? well, the first thing to say is that it s very difficult for a golf course to know whose workers are undocumented. and undocumented workers clearly have no real reason to be ....
Upfront about their status. but i think one of the overarching organizations of golf course superintendents who are in charge of running those courses are trying to push for things like some sort of comprehensive immigration reform so they ll have steady workers that are available to do the work. one of the really intriguing characters i met i did a lot of reporting in california but also in georgia. and a story about latinos a recent story about a trend is that they re really spreading out. they re not just in the border states. they re not just in new york. but they re growing really quickly in the south. so i found a guy who spent 20 years working at a course in georgia where they passed this bill, modeled off the arizona bill, that made it easy for cops in routine stops to actually begin sort of deportation proceedings. i got a sense of the fear that a lot of these golf course workers ....