"No one seriously doubts that the agriculture industry would crash were it not for the tens of thousands of immigrants working long days in the hot sun, bent over, and climbing rickety ladders to harvest the food we buy for our tables.
Were that crash to happen, it would take a millisecond to reverse and rearrange our laws to ensure that we had enough food to eat and at a reasonable price.
There is a double whammy at play here. Not only is the current war on immigrant farmworkers irrational, but it is also a mechanism for agribusiness to doubly exploit workers and suppress their wages even more. People living in constant fear of being deported are willing to work for even less to support their kids. That is not fair or just."
~ Jim Harrington
"What would César Chávez say..."
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