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There are jobs Americans won’t do at the existing price point. We have a real need in this country for unskilled workers who will pick domestic crops and do jobs Americans will not do for a low wage.

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That one is so full of contradictions, I don't know where to start. How about let the market set the price. While we may or may not pay more for tomatoes, at least they'll be grown here, and we won't be supporting the huge economic burden currently imposed on us by massive, unchecked illegal immigration.

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I know a number of people who came here illegally who are harder workers than me, who love this country, and who just want a job.

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OK, maybe you do Erick*, but the vast majority of them aren't like that. Unfortunately.

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More specifically, I know a number of illegal immigrants — a few of whom I represented as a lawyer — who have no intention of staying in the United States, but work here and send money back home. Most of them wind up staying because of the difficulty of coming back into the country. Contrary to the opinions of many, it is not an easy thing to come and go as an illegal alien.

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Are you kidding? Difficulty? What difficulty?

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I think we need a program that is easy to administer, easy to apply for, and easy to use for individuals to come and go as they please during seasons of work to do jobs Americans won’t do at the price point these immigrants would.

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Or, let the market determine the price at which Americans will work and people will pay for the produce.

* Apparently his parents were wafflely too, and couldn't decide between Eric and Erik.

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There are jobs Americans won’t do at the existing price point. We have a real need in this country for unskilled workers who will pick domestic crops and do jobs Americans will not do for a low wage.

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That one is so full of contradictions, I don't know where to start. How about let the market set the price. While we may or may not pay more for tomatoes, at least they'll be grown here, and we won't be supporting the huge economic burden currently imposed on us by massive, unchecked illegal immigration.

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I know a number of people who came here illegally who are harder workers than me, who love this country, and who just want a job.

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OK, maybe you do Erick*, but the vast majority of them aren't like that. Unfortunately.

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More specifically, I know a number of illegal immigrants — a few of whom I represented as a lawyer — who have no intention of staying in the United States, but work here and send money back home. Most of them wind up staying because of the difficulty of coming back into the country. Contrary to the opinions of many, it is not an easy thing to come and go as an illegal alien.

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Are you kidding? Difficulty? What difficulty?

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I think we need a program that is easy to administer, easy to apply for, and easy to use for individuals to come and go as they please during seasons of work to do jobs Americans won’t do at the price point these immigrants would.

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Or, let the market determine the price at which Americans will work and people will pay for the produce.

* Apparently his parents were wafflely too, and couldn't decide between Eric and Erik.

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We have fourteen different federal worker programs for farm seasonal labor. The farmers do not want to use them because they cannot pass the medical and school costs on to the tax payers. This who thing is about low cost and slave labor by the chamber of commerce, they do not believe in a free market when it comes to the cost of labor.