[honeygrl]

Well, if you've done it and your parents have done it then you obviously know that Americans WILL do it.(unless you are an illegal yourself) Saying they won't is just not true. In the Southeast US, illegals aren't well known for picking crops. They usually work in large factories. (poultry plants, carpet factories, etc) Those too are jobs Americans have done before and can do again. Our local poultry plant has been busted for hiring illegals several times. Apparently, the punishment for the crime isn't strong enough because they continue to do it. When I lived up in TN, I looked into getting a factory job at the local sewing plant but the only jobs they would advertise for required you to be bilingual. Expect that to be a requirement for a lot more jobs if Bush gets his way with the immigration reform. Of course, he'll probably decide to spend even more money and have government sponsered spanish courses.

[bray]

Well, if you've done it and your parents have done it then you obviously know that Americans WILL do it.(unless you are an illegal yourself)

Yeah right, I'm an illegal??? Actually my father picked cotton during the Depression and I picked beans/strawberries,etc when I was a kid. Now the farmers cannot hire kids due to child labor laws and the expense of buses etc. Again, they have to turn to Mexicans.

As for them taking better jobs in factories, unfortunately that is what happens in capitalism. I believe it is courageous of GW to open this discussion so we can eventually get control of the borders. This is not as easy a problem as many of the "Conservatives" like to believe.

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