Thanks....I think....;)
I’m not saying it absolves anyone from their responsibility- I’m just saying that the fact of the matter is, orchards can’t exist as businesses (without being significantly undersold by foreign markets) without illegal migrants, and the communities supported by the orchard industry can’t exist without the current system either. You have to admit, it’s tough to support something that you know will put you and your friends and family out of business along with hundreds of others in your community even if that thing is right for America as a whole...
....”orchards can’t exist as businesses (without being significantly undersold by foreign markets) without illegal migrants”...
Sorry...I just see it as greed on the part of the growers...I blame them. And it isn’t just ag jobs...there are many US industries that are inundated with illegals. If necessary to remain competitive, growers should take a cut in order to pay American citizens a decent wage. Americans were doing the jobs long before illegal aliens. From what I’ve read, even if the increase in ag wage were passed along to the consumer the increase would be very small.