I don't agree with the characterization of individuals willingly working for agreed upon wages as slavery as that would make us all slaves, but this is not necessarily the hill I wish to die on.
I would agree if we have to work, it’s not by choice, and then we all are slaves. Its when working conditions fall below standards I would suggest that is the form of slavery we all detest.
Illegal immigrants have lower living standards, often not by choice, and if given the freedom, such as citizenship, the opportunity for an education as granted to the slaves in the south when they were set “free”, the illegal immigrants of today would take the same path.
Just take a look at some of the biggest ranches in the valley, where some of the most wealthiest live while some of the poorest, such as from illegal immigrants from Sanger come to work and, if these ranches don’t look like plantations from the south of old, I don’t know what does, I mean you can almost picture Scarlet Ohare the front porch.