[FITZ]

You would also have to wonder why Mexico itself isn't benefitting by all this cheap labor --- and why it's leaders want these people gone from their own country. If they were such a benefit to a country, you'd think President Fox would be doing all he could to convince them to stay.

In reality, American agriculture does well because of machines, Mexican agriculture where labor costs less than $3 a day can't compete with us because of machines --- it's the machines we have that allows the same guy who would make $3 a day in Mexico to make ten times that here.

[Penner]

You would also have to wonder why Mexico itself isn't benefitting by all this cheap labor --- and why it's leaders want these people gone from their own country.

That's a good point. For Mexico's leaders, it's the best of all worlds - they export their poor and in return get billions in greenbacks. Such a deal! And we're stupid enough to let it happen.

Agriculture keeps getting more efficient so there is less of a need for workers. In fact, there are too many farmworkers here now for the number of farm jobs available.