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'They quit after a few hours': Farmers admit they can't find American workers (www.rawstory.com)
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[–] 55 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Isn't it a confession that he wittingly employs undocumented migrants and isn't it illegal?

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  • [–] 46 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    Hard to say since a lot of immigrants with legal status have been kidnapped and trafficked out of country.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago*

    Isn’t it a confession that he wittingly employs undocumented migrants and isn’t it illegal?

    They stopped even trying to maintain that lie decades ago. 20 years ago the paper had an article with a local farmer vocally declaring “We can’t afford to hire legal migrant labor. Too much regulation. They make us provide toilets and pay minimum wage.”

    I wasn’t surprised that farmers exploited migrants. I was surprised that it was so common that the farmer felt safe having his name and picture next to a quote in a regional newspaper declaring, “Of course I break federal laws.”

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  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    A lot, but it doesn't look like the most, does it?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    The ones with paperwork registered and such are much easier to find so I would be astounded if the illegal ones are over half of the deported. Most likely the illegal ones are a very small minority.

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