I wasn’t talking specifically about the farms in that sentence. I was talking generalities - how we were doing all these jobs that the whiners like Bush and his worshippers here are saying we can’t or won’t do. How did we ever survive without the 20 - 35 million illegal aliens? I guess there are some here who think we can’t. We are now a nation of wimps, as per some here.
Many of the migrants we had prior to ten years ago had proper work papers. Very few illegal aliens are in ag anymore anyway - I’ve seen stats as low as 2 or 3%. They have moved on to the good, construction jobs.
I don’t believe that we “CAN’T” survive without having illegal immigrants. In fact, I think the country would flourish if this problem was fixed. My question is regarding the manner in which this “fix” is accomplished. There would have to be a cohesive plan that everyone (nearly) agrees on. That agreement is going to be the most difficulty part of any immigration reform. Then you have to deal with the issue of those who are already here. I surmise that just rounding them up and deporting them will not work. There’s just too many complications to work out. There has to be some middle ground where all issues are addressed and the problem dealt with.