The moral decline in America and not confined to the working class. Lack of work ethic has its counterpart in a general decline in business ethics by the owner class.
I think the key words here are “temporary worker program.”
We had a lot of ‘braceros’ who worked the fields during WWII, since our boys were fighting the war that Mexico sat out.
When they didn’t want to leave, Ike assisted them: ‘Operation Wetback.’
‘Green’ “immigrants” don’t complain, as you say, because they know if they do there are six more guys on hangers in a closet of the ‘safe house’ they’re flopping in anxious for the work.
The public service unions are anxious to sign-on the illegals who have been here a while and the Chamber of Commerce anticipates another huge wave of pliable, ‘hard-working’, easily cowed, low-wage slaves.
And if the Chicago definition of an “honest politician”: ‘A guy who’s
bought, and stays bought,’ applies here, the Gang is anxious to prove their honesty to the Chamber and labor unions.
Remember when our immigration policy was determined by what was good for the country? No longer!
60% of agriculture field work is currently done by US citizens. You’ve bought the hype.