The whole immigration debate is over-simplified. It’s so easy to lay it all on the undocumented worker - he/she broke the law.
I wasn’t laying it all on the illegal immigrant. I am just saying they played a part in this mess. They crossed the border knowing it was against the law. They had children here knowing that any day they could be separated from them and some of them had children in a deliberate attempt to prevent deportation.
But the U.S. is totally complicit. There are enormous financial incentives for them to come, and for big agribusiness to hire them, and to maintain this as the status quo.
maybe somewhat, but it is not like they forced people to cross the border at gun point.
Heck, it’s our nation’s breadbasket – and what politician is willing to incur the political fallout of rising food prices and angry big growers, by fixing a broken immigration system and stemming the steady stream of cheap labor that provides so much low-cost skilled farm labor?
I wish someone would have the guts to fix the immigration system. If we think think the laws are bad or unfair to those wishing to come here, change them.
People don’t realize how skilled these migrant workers are, and how much they get done for such low pay.
To me, how skilled they are is irrelevant. I don’t care whether they pick grapes or are computer engineers. What about the fact that they take jobs away from people that are here legally?
They don’t just pick. They do the pruning, and care for the orchards. And just try picking grapes - you’ll be lucky to last one day (I know this first hand).
a lot of that depends how fit you are and how healthy you are. Knowing my condition I am sure I wouldn’t last an hour.
I hate seeing these struggling people used as political fodder. The politicians huff and puff, and act all big deporting some mother from the midwest, all to cheering followers who’ve been convinced they are the cause of all of our nation’s ills. All while doing nothing of substance.
That is not what I want. I don’t want people to be used as political fodder and I don’t cheer any deportation that would separate families. As for our nations ills, they do play a part. They are not the sole cause or maybe even one of the bigger causes, but they do play a part. They do not pay taxes, yet cost us in various government services, they take jobs away from people who are here legally.
Why else do every one of our presidents end up granting amnesty to thousands of undocumented workers? It’s a sick game and the most unfortunate are the pawns, IMHO.
Yes, it is sad and unfortunate.