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You know machines pick corn right?
The argument that no one wants to pick strawberries or zucchini and that's why illegal labor is needed is ignoring one thing. No one wants to pick strawberries or zucchini for the wages offered.
Yeah, but also, no one wants to pay for American-picked groceries. And conservatives want nothing less than to subsidize farmers to encourage them to hire Americans for the job.
What's the solution here? Like banning abortions for more babies, are we gonna ban immigration to force American to pick a grape? To beat us to submission?
The solution is to go after the companies that hire illegal labor. You fine the crap out of them.
We have visas for people who want to come to pick food. It's nothing new. Operation Wetback was to remove illegal immigrants because Mexico wanted them back.
I do think we need to focus on the companies and not the immigrants. The real "bad" guys are the companies. The immigrants just want to work.
Yes no company wants to pay more for wages. Shrinking the labor pool will naturally force companies to pay more. There are more than enough legal migrant workers and Americans to do the job if the wages are right.