April 27, 2001
Mr. Netkin,
Without illegal immigrants, who would pick produce? They do back-breaking work for hardly any money at all. Without these people, you all would be paying triple or quadruple the amount of money for produce. Before anyone else complains about illegal immigrants, why don't you work in the fields for the same pay as the others and see how long you last?
Name Withheld
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Well, Mr. Withheld, maybe you would be doing the fruit picking the way Americans did it before WWII if agra-corporations who hire illegals hadn't driven down the labor rate and if the pay and benefits were decent. You're free not to want to pay a cent more than you have to for veletables, but don't let me catch you whining about unemployed Americans.
If you have to pay more for your vegetables, then so be it. It's a cheap price to pay to keep America from becoming a third world. Wouldn't you say?
Hal Netkin
