You do realize that every time you buy produce in America you are probably supporting illegal labor?

Question

Don't you want your grocery store to certify the food you buy is "illegal labor free."

Answer 1

Do you realize that without 'em you grocery bill will triple overnight?

Answer 2

I'd rather they certify the country of origin. Who says the produce is even grown in America to be tended by illegal labor?

Answer 3

As to anoldmicks learned opinion. That is complete and utter BS. The average cost to the American household would increase $9/year. Is it at all possible for you fairies to give up 11/2 Mocha Latte Frappacino's per frickin year to out way the enormous cost increase of employing Americans at a higher prevailing wage than you pay the criminals who do it now?

Don't believe me:
"Proponents of a new temporary worker program argue that increased immigration enforcement would lead to fewer illegal agricultural workers and, as a consequence, the American consumer would face a major increase in the cost of food. This is factually incorrect according to experts. Dr. Philip Martin, a leading academic authority on agricultural labor, notes that American consumers now spend more on alcoholic beverages on average than they spend on fresh fruits and vegetables.1

An average household currently spends about $370 per year on fruits and vegetables. If curtailing illegal alien agricultural labor caused tighter labor conditions and a 40 percent increase in wages, the increased cost to the American family would be $9 a year, or about 2.4 cents per day. Yet for the farm laborer, the change would mean an increase in earnings from $8,800 to $12,350 for each 1,000 hours of work (25 weeks if the worker worked 40-hour weeks). That increase would move the worker from beneath the federal poverty line to above it. 2

According to Dr. Martin, "…consumers who pay $1 for a pound of apples, or $1 for a head of lettuce, are giving 16 to 19 cents to the farmer and 5 to 6 cents to the farm worker." 3 Therefore, a 40 percent increase in the 5 to 6 cents a pound that the farm worker receives would amount to an increase of about 2 cents per pound that would probably be passed on to the consumer"

Answer 4

45% of all agricultural workers in America are illegal aliens.

For hard data on the reality--rather than the myth--of illegals, see :
http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=63

Another fact: there are 6.6 million illegal Mexican immigrants in the U.S., not the 20 million or 30 million that people have ranted about here.

The largest growing group of illegals now entering the U.S. is comprised of people from India.

They do not come through Mexico.

Answer 5

Perhaps, but at least the workers are spending their hard earned money in our economy.

It is not the consumers fault if an employer hires illegals. THEY are the ones breaking the law!!!

BTW...you are an anti-American looney toon.

Answer 6

Using the probably factor,you need to add clothing,Meat,Poultry, construction, plumbing, Pallets(for the products to be shipped on)etc etc ....at least probably!

Answer 7

Forget McDonalds, they all have mexicans working there. How do you say supersize me in spanish?

Answer 8

OK, I guess I'll just eat at McDonald's then, so long as it's not salad.

Answer 9

jeeze give it a rest already...or are you going for "twenty questions"