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In reply to the discussion: Hardship on Mexico's farms, a bounty for U.S. tables [View all]B2G
(9,766 posts)why the US doesn't hold Mexico accountable for the living conditions of their citizens. That is on us. It directly contributes to the illegal immigration problem that is enormously costly to the US. It has a very negative impact on the immigrants themselves. Maybe you missed that part.
But from reading the article, there are laws on the books that in Mexico that these large agri-companies are directly violating. We can't enforce those, the Mexican government has to.
For some reason they aren't, and I have the feeling it's because they get a large amount of money in their coffers from refusing to do so.
This will never be solved at the US consumer level. It would take action by the US government, but they don't/won't. And even then, things might not change. I'm sure China would love all of that produce we wouldn't buy.