Comments on: Illegal immigration crackdown impacts harvests

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by billafish July 1, 2011 7:36 PM EDT
Thanks gentelman. I am a fellow worker and I wish i could get a job now that will pay that to start. Hope we herer in the USA can get all the immergrants woth out papers out of this country. Alot of people here looking for work, why do we need the other people here and take care of them after. And we should start a fine for people that hier others than the americans. thanks, just my view on this and my wife it here leagely from the fhilippines
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by dmj251 July 1, 2011 7:32 PM EDT
Why can't these people who are on unemployment instead of putting hand out for that put their hand out for $12.00 per hour and go and pick berries or whatever these farmers need. There are farmers all over the south supposedly needing workers, so GO TO WORK. I understand it is hard work, but these are hard times and if I were jobless I would be wanting to do whatever it took, especially if I could make $12.00 an hour picking berries...wow! We all have to do what we can to get America back on its feet and holding out for handouts doesn't look like it is going to payoff for much longer because pretty soon there is not going to be any money left to get, right? I say work is work whatever and where-ever it is.
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by Former_Marine_Sgt July 1, 2011 7:27 PM EDT
Where's the Americans who'll take these jobs?

Oh, yeah, that's right - they won't.

The farm worker's union had a big campaign last summer to get Americans off thier rear ends and out there doing these jobs that 'illegals are taking away from citizens'.

Guess what? They only got one person FROM THE ENTIRE COUNTRY to show up - and he quit.

So - you can thank your drakonian laws for the failure to get enough folks to harvest your crops.

No - I'm not an illegal immigrant supporter. I just happen to think that there's better ways to solve the problem than to demonize and persecute them.
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by josephlatham83 July 1, 2011 7:09 PM EDT
if you need help with your blackberry picking, i am your man! i am willing to work however long you need whenever you need contact me at josephlatham83@gmail.com if you are in need of a hard worker.
Thanks
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