then they should end the migrant farm workers program, let the NY orchards go bankrupt, and import our apples from Chile and Ecuador.
In New York, the official unemployment rate among blacks is close to 20% and the real unemployment rate is approaching 30%. And it is double digits among hispanics. Why do we need to import workers?
There are numerous teenagers that can pick apples for the same cost that 'migrant farm workers' get paid. But because of the government controlled UNION wage scale, these teenagers are NOT finding jobs. I remember when my children were 13-14 nobody would hire them because they were two young and had no experience to be paid even then the minimum wage. So they found lawn mowing jobs from people in our neighborhood, until they reached the age of 16 and worked odd jobs, for that minimum wage.
There is NO shortage of labor there is a UNION wage scale controlled by a bunch of control freaks. Personally, I would be in favor of requiring teenage delinquents to be required to work for their roof and meals, even picking apples.