Do you think the economic loss felt in Florida would be worth the deportation of Mexican migrant workers?
What about apples? Grapes? The wine industry in California?
2007-02-01 04:55:24 · 10 answers · asked by Barrett G 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
And just to add.....This will not make it any less expensive for the end consumer. The retail price will remain the same.
At least for oranges.
Other products will end up being MORE expensive.
2007-02-01 05:10:20 · update #1
we need to keep it here at home as much aspossible.......homegrown is the best no matter who picks it .......oh_hell
2007-02-01 05:56:58 · answer #1 · answered by oh_hell_imagine_that 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok what you have here is a comparison of apples and oranges (ha ha)
It's not that we protest having ANY migrant workers here. It is well understood that we do need SOME of them.
I don't believe that we have 12-20 million jobs picking fruit year round...under the table...not paying taxes...
We DO have a guest worker program. If there aren't enough guest workers then we need to increase the number of guest worker visas...not let 12-20 million people come here illegally.
2007-02-01 05:00:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I bought grapes from Chile yesterday, and often buy 'off season' fruit from Australia. So why would this be different?
You know where our coffee comes from, don't you?
Also, did you see that the Ag Jobs bill to legalize agricultural workers after working 3 seasons counts a season where they DON'T work due to dramatic climate event as a season when they worked?
2007-02-01 04:59:26 · answer #3 · answered by DAR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More than worth it!!!!
The illegals are contaminating our food sources, lets see first it was ecoli on the lettuce, ecoli on the spinach, ecoli in tomatoes, now lets hire these nasty people to package our meat products, after all there doing the jobs Americans wont do. hummm Wonder who did them before the illegals invaded America. I wonder who will work for who when all is said and done. La Razza worned us last May when they did there big march that we (Americans) should be nice to them after all they fix our food! Wake up America !
2007-02-06 09:38:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Feel? I don't feel. I think - and I've read Ricardo.
If the difference in growing costs (labor, water, etc...) makes up for the increased shipping costs, then this is what should occur - and what will occur in a free market, which will also pass some of the cost savings to the consumer.
2007-02-01 04:59:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I love Brazilian Oranges!
But I hate U.S. Agriculture Producers who are not willing to pay a liveable wage to U.S. Citizens. Instead, they hire Illegals for a fraction of the cost.
2007-02-01 12:29:45 · answer #6 · answered by Gianna M 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have no problem with immigrants picking my fruits and vegetables if they are here legally, and the companies are paying them a fair wage. They are taken advantage of by U.S. businesses when they get hurt on the job and are here illegally. If the U.S. companies want them here to work, then they should help them to establish a work visa. Not take advantage of them by letting them work here illegally by not paying them a decent wage.
2007-02-01 05:00:34 · answer #7 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I personaly think that if we can harvest enough crops in the US to feed the US there is no need to import any. However if the need is higher than supply we should import
2007-02-01 05:03:53 · answer #8 · answered by oreobabylove 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that would suck.
the best oranges come from California. My fave are the buck brand oranges.
2007-02-01 05:00:03 · answer #9 · answered by happyday to you 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They will taste much better, cause Americans made the land suck so badly!
2007-02-01 05:21:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋