Reply #49: I agree.

[Andy823]

If there weren't people here ready to hire illegals instead of legal workers, there would be no problem. For years the local growers around here never were investigated to see if they were obeying the laws, and they hired illegals by the thousands to pick their crops, drive tractors, trucks and work in the packing plants. Many of the growers have abused the system, and the workers big time, but got away with it. Last December ICE went to the biggest grower in the area and check their hiring records. Around 800 workers were found to have fake ID and the company was told they had to lay them off and that ICE would be back to check on them again to make sure they complied! In the past it was simply picking up the workers and sending them back to their own country, and in a week they were back and working for the same company.