Just Wondering wrote:
Doug Winterburn wrote:

Just Wondering wrote:


So how did the farmers get their crops in, say, 40 years ago, before
there was the massive flood of illegals we have now?


Child slave labor! In the case of strawberries, my mother sent myself
and two brothers and two sisters off very early each morning during
....
That's not slave labor, it's parents realizing and taking advantage of a
great opportunity ...[snipped for purpose ]...

Depends on whether were the parent or the child...

But, seriously, the current labor laws make it almost impossible for us
to hire summer labor as high school kids for much farm labor any more.

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