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In reply to the discussion: You want to see illegal immigration dry up? [View all]GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)He hires a couple of legal folks to pick his crops. All verified and legal. Which is ridiculous because he has 60 acres that has to be picked in a few weeks.
And when 30-40 folks show up he just says it is not his problem. Because they are contracted as far as he knows. Trump voter of course.
We make land and property owners responsible for the people working on their land or in their shops and we would have a guest worker program in 6 months.
But democrats would only do so if they migrants were given rights like guaranteed minimum pay and housing. That would be a nonstarter with farmers. At least here in the South.
I am a Southern White male. With roots in rural areas. Many of the largest farmers are ancestors of men who used Slavery to gain their wealth. They take exploitation of farm workers as their god given right.
Look at Jeff Sessions and his beliefs. He is against immigration and social programs because he thinks it would force African Americans back in the field to perform honest work! Of course he couches it in more civilized language but it means the same thing.