They're not doing it now.
If they're a teenager? Sure.
This country has slave labor laws.
I don't see how the question is relevent to those who are employed with decent paying jobs.
It's very relevant, you're just making excuses. The able-bodied folks that sleep 'til noon, then spend the rest of the day sitting on their duff in front of the TV set collecting welfare are just plumb irresponsible and lazy. What makes you think they'll go out and pluck strawberries or cabbage off a vine for 50 cents an hour? They get more from Uncle Sugar doing nothing. Get rid of the loopholes in the welfare system, and maybe these lazy bums would find some other means of earning their way through life. It's not just illegals cheating the system. People born in this country are cheating out the responsible, hard working, taxpaying Americans.
Big Sky, I know you're just indulging in a bit of hyperbole, but just for the record, these ag workers make a pretty damn good buck. Probably 2 or three times what the loafers are picking up (not counting crack sales, of course.) Lot of'em have no trouble picking up 35-40K per season!
Dirty Little Secret: Lots of pickers manage to go on welfare when they're not picking. That's what keeps'em here through the winter. You would also be amazed at how many manage to buy property!
Too funny for words. For one thing, is there are vines, and you plan to pick strawberries or cabbage, then you have the wrong fields.
"This country has slave labor laws."
So only illegals can be slaves? Nice.
Most strawberry farmers pay between $0.14-$0.23 per pound of strawberries picked, and a real good picker can pick up nearly and sometimes over 100 pounds of strawberries. That's not exactly 50 cents.