Reply #6: As it happens, the illegals I know of are working on small farms.

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I know how tight the profit margins are, so I understand how the farmers here can not unilaterally raise wages and hire citizens. I blame the marketers such as Walmart for forcing the price of milk and produce so low that farmers can't pay a decent wage. As for larger corporations, a raid on their workforce is probably a minor problem. How much production did Swift lose when it was raided last winter? I never saw any follow-up on that. I'm not sure if Swift felt much pain, but the individuals who were arrested certainly did.


If we want to stop immigration from Mexico, I think we have to admit that it is Mexican immigration that concerns us and address the Mexican economy. Instead of building a fence, how about a Marshall Plan for Mexico that helps the Mexican poor instead of US Corporations?