[C. Edmund Wright]

Look dude, try to follow along in context. I was simply presenting the side of the argument that is NEVER EVER NEVER mentioned by so many in this debate. The points you made are made ad nauseum. I was just offering the idea of intellectual honesty.

Most reject it in this debate. The GOP E even more than the base, but many in the base do too.

[central_va]

It is you that is the hard head. I already presented facts that show that labor is a minuscule cost in processing lettuce for example, whether it is done by illegals or Americans; it adds very little to the retail market price. The savings using imported stoop labor is only pennies per head, savings that probably aren't passed on to the consumer anyway. OTH The taxpayer gets stuck with social bill.

I think you are a disingenuous Free Traitor™, but then again there are no other kind. So in the realm of intellectual honesty; you fail.

[moehoward]

"Look dude, try to follow along in context. I was simply presenting the side of the argument that is NEVER EVER NEVER mentioned by so many in this debate. "

Huh….you mean the side that goes all wobbly over the mythical $10 head of lettuce ? That's what the left usually leads with.

Employers of Illegal labor are receiving a government subsidy in the form of welfare. IMHO, those enterprises should stand or fall on their own merits. That said, I have zero doubt that agriculture will always have access to migrant labor albeit regulated.