I guess migrant labor have priced themselves out of the labor market. I know that a farmer near my house in Oregon plowed his raspberry field under because Mexican labor had become too expensive.
I might have picked raspberries when I was 10, but strawberries were the thing where I lived.
People’s lot in life1 improves. The lady who came in the 80s and 90s to pick fruits, she sent her kids to university in Mexico city and their lot in life improved. Now central Americans come...
Years ago I was working at a vineyard and talked to the guy about his laborers. He said that years ago the white kids would still pick grapes as it didn’t require stooping down or using laters - the fruit was pretty much right in front of you.
But now (well, 10 years ago I suppose) he said that he can only get Mexicans to do the work.