Besides a news conference in Washington, there were supporting events “in more than 60 congressional districts in 25 states,” organizers said, “to show that, across industries, sectors, and geographies, the business community needs our immigration laws to be modernized.” Up to 70 percent of farm workers are undocumented “It’s been demonstrated many times that Americans won’t work in the fields, so why won’t our elected officials provide us the means to have a legal, reliable workforce?” said Tom Nassif, head of Western Growers.