This particular bunch of farmers gave it away when they suggested they'd need to be sued to get them to conform to American law.
See my post at #16, and bobo1’s at #10.
The Federal Govt. forced the farmers to hire migrant labor rather than seasonal local labor, which over time became more and more a force of illegal aliens from south of the border.
Mu, as a one-time pecan grower, I've had my own dealings as an agricultural producer with the Wage & Hour Division of the Labor Department.
And the nicest thing I can say about them is that they are inordinately stupid, bureaucratically ossified, so unreasonable as to be defensive about it and unbelievably inefficient. A more accurate and telling assessment, however, is that their supervisors are corruptible as a Latin American petty fiefdom.
On the basis of experience, I've absolutely no doubt whose side I'm inclined to believe in this case.
Between Hilda Solis and the Obama administration, it would not surprise if this was a compensatory move for Obama having to miss a couple of fundraisers to go to New Orleans.
These people are simply not worth your defending.