[Ben Ficklin]

According to recent data from Pew that has been posted here numerous times, 25% of the farm jobs are being done by illegals.

Add to this the fact that there is a very large number of H2A ag worker visas being utilized. I don't have the exact number, but I estimate that at 250,000.

I certainly make a distinction between illegals and guest workers, but most at FR don't. The general consensus is that they should all be deported.

Although the ag labor supply is not 100% illegal/guest worker, the domestic labor supply is doing the farm jobs that depend on the foreign labor supply. "I'll do the easy work, let's get the mexicans to do the hard work."

[Marine Inspector]

First it was 100%, now it's 25%.

While I don't believe the Pew data either, since they are pro illegal, 25% is a much more reasonable number.

As for the distinction between illegal and legal, it's always made. Very few posters on FR want every non citizen deported. That's just another lie. Do you work for pew?

And while our food supply is currently dependent on foreign labor, that fact is keeping us from advancing technology that can replace humans. Cut off the illegals and farms would have to advance technologically.

[clawrence3]

Thanks for the info.