And why should they be willing to do that?maineman » 07 Jan 2024, 7:34 pm » wrote: ↑ my guess is, as soon as they stand on the agreed-upon street corner in whatever town they find themselves when potential employers from construction/lawn work/roofing/poultry processing/food service industries drive by looking for folks willing to work for bare minimum wages.
NO QUESTIONS, DICK SUCKER!
NO QUESTIONS, DICK SUCKER!
they shouldn't... but Americans want to have their cake and eat it too. We want cheap food. Every bite of food we put into our mouths has a labor component and we'd scream bloody murder if a head of lettuce were $15 or a chicken were $50.... and the money that undocumented workers make in the fields of California is TWICE as much as they can make in Mexico.
And he ducks another question. Which is PRECISELY why we tell the *** dicker:
And I didn't see any of them albinos he mentioned. Just a bunch of morenos.Z09 » 07 Jan 2024, 4:23 pm » wrote: ↑ And there you have it!
Reasons to break our laws.
For the record...
Some of the people crossing don't look like carpenters
Does it take 6 million people to pick our fruit? If so, automation is desperately needed.maineman » 07 Jan 2024, 7:41 pm » wrote: ↑ they shouldn't... but Americans want to have their cake and eat it too. We want cheap food. Every bite of food we put into our mouths has a labor component and we'd scream bloody murder if a head of lettuce were $15 or a chicken were $50.... and the money that undocumented workers make in the fields of California is TWICE as much as they can make in Mexico.
Maybe she came north to pick babies?Z09 » 07 Jan 2024, 4:39 pm » wrote: ↑ I just saw a woman about 19 years old holding a baby..
And she was obviously pregnant
Really don't think she'll be working on my roof..
However, if she has her baby in the US she's all set for quite awhile
Mexico is not sending their best people.Warcok » 07 Jan 2024, 4:56 pm » wrote: ↑ Well that would be nice if it were all architects and engineers flooding into the country, but that's not the case.
They're all illiterate, uneducated, menial laborers with zero skill sets and a criminal record from their home country.
And they harbor pedophilia tendencies because the age of consent in their country is generally 12-14. So hide your daughters!
The one thing I WILL trust you on is to know an anecdote when you see one.
FIFYCannonpointer » 07 Jan 2024, 7:45 pm » wrote: ↑ Does it take 6 million people to pick our fruit or mow our lawns, or wash our hotel sheets or wash our restaurant dishes or cook our restaurant food or pluck the feathers from chicken carcasses, or pull the guts our of dead fish or put the shingles on our new roof or any of the myriad other jobs that are not all that glamorous or pay very little that Americans shy away from doing and LOVE that some beaner does for them? If so, automation is desperately needed.
What are the ones in chicago and new york picking, this time of year?
According to my in depth research (I googled it), there are 1 to 3 million regular migrants who plant and pick fruits and vegetables in the USA every year - the vast majority of whom return home between seasons.maineman » 07 Jan 2024, 7:38 pm » wrote: ↑ no argument from me. It's hard work picking vegetables in the hot sun. Thank GOD there are illegal aliens willing to do it. Without them, your Caesar salad would be beyond reach.
Every job you named - bar none - is happily done by Americans.maineman » 07 Jan 2024, 7:51 pm » wrote: ↑ FIFY
and in answer to your first (edited) question, yes... it does
and in answer to your second question, see above.
Cannonpointer » 07 Jan 2024, 7:53 pm » wrote: ↑ According to my in depth research (I googled it), there are 1 to 3 million regular migrants who plant and pick fruits and vegetables in the USA every year - the vast majority of whom return home between seasons.
Why do we need millions of undocumented workers in chicago and new york - and what do the innocent fruit pickers you keep hiding them behind have to do with it?
I'm sure they are sending some fine people.maineman » 07 Jan 2024, 7:53 pm » wrote: ↑ they are not sending their worst. They are sending the ones willing to wade across the river to make twice as much as they could in their hometown.
Cannonpointer » 07 Jan 2024, 7:54 pm » wrote: ↑ Every job you named - bar none - is happily done by Americans.
It is an absolute lie to say that Americans do not want those jobs.