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To: jjotto
Yes, Iowan corn farmers actually do employ illegal invaders. In fact, here is a timely article from last year factually stating the problem of migrant workers in Iowa:

"An estimated 2,500 farms, orchards and nurseries in Iowa employ migrant and seasonal workers every year, according to Iowa Workforce Development."

Migrant farm workers still face issues in Iowa

56 posted on 03/09/2015 11:09:52 AM PDT by WIBamian (Cruz for President. Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions for Vice-President. True conservative heroes!)
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To: WIBamian

Those aren’t corn farmers.

Illegals in Iowa are mostly employed making sure the meat you eat is cheaper than it would be if companies could only hire citizens.


58 posted on 03/09/2015 11:12:54 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: WIBamian

How many, relative to all illegals and other crops and other industries?

They’d still be hiring illegals if the corn price was lower.

The main problem I thought was illegals in meat packing in Iowa and Nebraska doing thousands of jobs Americans did.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15503698

Farmers may change their crops due to the shortage of immigrant labor. Of all crops, fresh fruits and vegetables are the most labor intensive. Lettuce, strawberries and broccoli all have to be picked by hand. In Arizona, one farmer passes on chili peppers to plant corn, which is harvested by machine.


116 posted on 03/11/2015 3:43:22 PM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal
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