[Moonman62]

What do you mean by this? If someone wants to come and pick soybeans and sleep in their car in Iowa and send money back to imrpove the lot of their family or their home village, I think it's a good thing.

I don't. It discourages productivity improvements in our agricultural industry, puts a strain on our social services, encourages vote buying by Republicans and Democrats, and encourages the Mexican light skinned to send what they consider undesirables north of the border.

[logan]

Well, I suppose I was thinking about the money-flow from the mexican point of view. For most families, this is the best opportunity they have, so I have a hard time faulting them for trying.

[migrant worker jobs] encourages the Mexican light skinned to send what they consider undesirables north of the border.

Is there a color barrier in mexico? I've heard there's some class stratification based on who is more abboriginal (sp?), but I didn't know it had to do with skin color.