Several Rio Grande Valley mayors met to discuss the local workforce, immigration-related fears and the impact on the area.

Mayors from Alamo, McAllen and Edinburg, along with local businesses, held a roundtable on Friday. They want state and Washington lawmakers to pass legislation to protect the workforce.

Currently, 65 percent of farmworkers in the Valley are immigrants, according to the American Immigration Alliance.

They say 59 percent of immigrants in the Valley also make up the construction workforce.

"This is not Republican, this is not Democrat, this is real time solutions to help our economy to keep our economy moving forward," Alamo Mayor J.R. Garza said.

Texas International Produce Association President Dante Galeazzi says he's seen an impact in his industry.

"Our folks ha

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