[Dane]

The agricultural industry in California was modernizing, the grape pickers-among others-were being paid higher wages, some parts of the industry were being automated-and thus those workers were becoming redundant-and the necessity of relying upon an antiquated, manpower-reliant system of harvesting was become less pressing.

And you are an agricultural expert how?

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

There is no expertise required.

These are simple, rudimentary facts.

If there is an endless supply of cheap labor-and no constraints placed upon employers to abide by basic labor standards or wage laws-then there will be no incentive to modernize, or find innovative solutions.

Australia-which imposed some of the most sensible restrictions on the very type of laborers that we are seeking to legalize by the millions-learned this lesson.

One which I should hope the United States would want to emulate.