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yallerdawg

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5. Many of the jobs traditional to undocumented workers...

Reply to SHRED (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 25, 2017, 09:47 AM

Mar 2017

are outside of our Federal labor standards by law.

Americans won't do this work because it doesn't pay like - or have the benefits - our non-farm payroll jobs.

If we end immigrant labor in agriculture - we end American farming.

Read the "Grapes of Wrath" to understand when "people will do any job."

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Trump's immigration crackdown is hurting US farms with its unintended consequences [View all] yallerdawg Mar 2017 OP

And how could those salt of the earth farmers ever have known that Trump was going to do this Squinch Mar 2017 #1

+1,000!!! AgadorSparticus Mar 2017 #7

It will kill dairy farms in Wisconsin milestogo Mar 2017 #2

Because of the pay SHRED Mar 2017 #3

Many of the jobs traditional to undocumented workers... yallerdawg Mar 2017 #5

I don't understand Daninmo Mar 2017 #12

Experiencing pain personally is the only way Trump voters will ever change their minds. Girard442 Mar 2017 #4

Georgia economy went into meltdown few years ago Panich52 Mar 2017 #6

Unintended by some who voted for him, but I believe Trump and Co want to burn it all down. nt JTFrog Mar 2017 #8

My sister works in social services here in Michigan erinlough Mar 2017 #9

Big Agra wants family farms to fail Generic Other Mar 2017 #10

I love posting these stories on Facebook for my family members to read NickB79 Mar 2017 #11