There's a shi*load of farm work here, especially on the east side of the mountains, and Skagit County particularly.
They get here, do some pickin and prunin then see the money to be made in the trades, which they have usurped right from under the noses of American workers.
It's good to see ICE is doing some prudent work, but of course, it's never enough...
Don't know about Washington State (haven't been back since I moved in 2006). I do know that whereas I saw seemingly thousands of illegals coming from southern Mexico and Guatemala per week in the late 1990s, I don't see too many coming now.
Well, at least until the next construction boom.