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Strange Fruit Revisited : The Lechuga Story

1:14 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration| Labor| business

5 Sep 2007

farmwokers.jpgRemember when I challenged all those “send ‘em back” anti-immigration advocates in light of the impact that the lack of immigration reform could have on business and on prices? Today’s New York Times has a really interesting article about how farmers are renting fields in Mexico where they can get cheap labor directly from the source without worrying about immigration laws.One lettuce farmer who moved his operation south of the border gives his perspective:

He also dismisses arguments that he could attract workers by raising wages, saying Americans do not take the sweaty, seasonal field jobs. “I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that if I did that I would raise my costs and I would not have a legal work force,” Mr. Scaroni said.

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