"Our agricultural economy-such as it is-would have progressed exponentially, were it not of the endless supply of cheap labor streaming over our Southern border"
I wouldn't argue against that position. However, that has not been the case, and the current system is firmly entrenched. As long as there is a ready supply of cheap labor, the cost-saving technology will not be deployed.
Again, the problem lies largely in the laps of those who do the hiring, IMO. Until there is agreement in those groups, whether in agriculture, the restaurant business, the building industry, or the cleaning and janitorial industry, a solution will not be forthcoming.
We already have the laws in place, but do not enforce them.
Quite frankly, I do not blame those who come here illegally. The attraction is just too great for people who have families to feed. The blame is more properly directed elsewhere.
Once again, I am in favor of ending illegal immigration. I simply don't know how to do that.
The people I blame-primarily-for this dilemma are the feckless pols who refuse to lift a finger to control an existential threat to our nation's economy.
Namely, unimpeded illegal immigration into this country.