So true. We have at least 5 guest worker programs now. We never used to have a problem getting the crops picked when the “migrant” workers were picking. They call them migrants because they migrate around the country following the picking season and then go home to Mexico til the next year. Big Agra in GA is just upset because if they have to hire US workers they will have to pay a little more. They have been fighting the GA immigration law tooth and nail from the start along with the Builders Association.
Legal guest workers are expensive because they have to be insured and have things like housing provided. One of my oldest friends began life as a migrant farmworker with his family. He says guest worker programs are cover for illegals.
I remember the year they didn’t go home. They bought a shack from the farmer and began to make a home. The kids all spoke perfect english because their mother homeschooled them in the evenings.