What will happen if the crops don't get picked this spring?

Question

And what would happen if 10 million illegals were bused home, now?

Help the illegal Mexican who want to go home. Arrest those who refuse to go home. Sound like a plan?

Answer 1

Well, the crops would spoil in the fields, and their price would go UP.
But that would make the yanks happy, because that would mean that they finally expelled all the immigrants

Answer 2

If I recall, most crops are picked in the fall.

But to answer your question, the impact of 10M folks self deporting would affect service and construction areas far more than agriculture. It would also create a surplus of teachers, especially bi-lingual ones - we might even see school overcrowding diminished in some areas. It would have a negative impact on the housing market, as houses would be sold by those leaving, and left vacant as rentors flee (or buy the deep discount housing).

We would have longer waits for things in the service industry, and we would probably start doing our own lawn work. The ag visas (H2B) would be in hot demand - and would actually get used.

Daycare would become more expensive, as would hotel stays, because the wages of those positions (day care & hotel staff) would rise. I don't think that customer service agent salaries would rise, as that big a drop in population would decrease the number of calls - especially to the bi-lingual lines.

Would crime drop? Perhaps in some areas - but we had crime before we had this big issue, so we'll have it again. But what we will see is proof that the lowest strata of our population has disappeared - studies have shown that while fewer whites/blacks/asians are in poverty now, we still have the same number of folks below the poverty line - that strata has been filled by illegal aliens.

We will see some blight, as areas that catered to this subculture go dark. Some towns might go into an economic tailspin that will be hard to recover from. I'd like to think that traffic would go down - but probably not enough to ease the major traffic jams. We might have fewer accidents, as we'll have fewer unlicensed drivers on the road.

If we deported the 40% of our prison inmates who are not US citizens, that might ease prison overcrowding.

Answer 3

It would cause a shortage in certain crops and the prices would go up. Most farms would end up making more money . Only those who can not cope with the displacement of the work force or those who did not diversify on how they sell their crops would suffer. The loss of labor is temporary anyways, because the government is gearing up to use more H2A visas.

Answer 4

News flash, 60% of the crops we find at the grocery store were not grown in the US. Read the labels. There would be a shortage for a few months and then we would simply buy more from overseas if farmers were not willing to pay citizens a decent wage to pick.

Answer 5

only 4% of illegal aliens work in the agricultural industy....so not much would change.

Where they work: A breakdown on illegal aliens
updated 1:09 p.m. PT, Fri., April. 7, 2006
How they stack up

Illegal immigrants tend to work in fields that require unskilled labor and little education. Native-born workers are more likely to have jobs that require more advanced skills and education.
Undocumented workers Native-born workers
Service occupations 31.0% 16.0%
Construction 19.0% 6.0%
Production, installation, repair 15.0% 10.0%
Sales and administration 12.0% 27.0%
Management, business and professional 10.0% 35.0%
Transportion, moving 8.0% 6.0%
Farming, other 4.0% 0.5%


Source: Pew Hispanic Center • Print this



Undocumented workers

Illegal immigrants make up about 5 percent of the U.S. labor force, but account for 20 percent or more of the work force in some menial occupations, including house cleaners, dishawashers and meat processors.
Percent of jobs held by undocumented workers
Insulation workers 36%
Roofers 29%
Drywall installers 28%
Meat, fish, chicken processing 27%
Brick and stone masons 25%
Dishwashers 23%
Mainds, housekeepers 22%
Cooks 20%
Laundry workers 15%


Source: Pew Hispanic Center


EDIT~~~ it is not about Mexicans. It is about ALL illegal aliens.....So no, I don't agree with you 100%.

Answer 6

I will pick them they took my JOB.
Mexicans want to go home but they can't because the Mexican Government is THE PROBLEM. The Minutemen and Save our State stand with the Mexican people in protest of Vicente Fox in America rabble rousing for amnesty. The Mexican people dont want amnesty they want to GO HOME and have a Mexican Dream.

Answer 7

I dont know where you live, but here in Ohio, we plant crops in the spring. Harvest is not unitl sept-oct. Crops have been harvested for years here without the help of illegal immigrants.

Answer 8

what would happen if 10 million illegals were bussed home, now?............I don't know ,but I would like to find out.

Answer 9

There would be a mass shortage of farm hands and agriculture prices would rise dramatically. Eventually farms could transition to hiring legal workers and using greater mechanization to reduce the need for human hands but this would take time.
http://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/assets/crs/RL30395.pdf

Answer 10

There will be less produce recalls! Hooray