Doug Kanter wrote:

"Dave Hall" wrote in message
...


Dave, you've been shown that the illegal presence of farm workers is an
integral part of our agricultural structure, and you've almost admitted
that
there's nothing we can do about it. It's also been made clear that the
practice of hiring them is not hidden by farmers, which is why farmers
are
willing to discuss the issue, on the record, to reporters. And, the
article
I pointed out to you discussed the fact that some states have laws in
the
works to afford a few more kinds of worker protection for migrants.

But, you still focus on "illegal", even though the food these people
produce
is crucial to the healthy development of your children. Perhaps I'm
overly
suspicious, but all of this leads me to one conclusion. You're a racist.

(Notice no mention of Islam). I focus on illegal, because that's what it
is. What good are established laws, if we routinely look the other way,
when it suits us? What message does this send? There is an established
procedure that one follows when immigrating to this country. Either
follow it or get out. It's that simple. It has nothing to do with any
individual's race or ethnic background.

Dave


This is getting convoluted again, so I'll try and distill what I believe
you're saying. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

1) You think it's wrong that migrant workers come here from Latin America
illegally.

What part of ILLEGAL, is so hard to understand? Are we free to enter
other countries and work there, without following some sort of process?
Why should the U.S. not have a similar policy and expect everyone to
follow it?

2) Although email bulletins allow you to keep tabs on what your legislators
are doing, you do nothing proactive to change the situation with migrant
workers, except complain about it.

That's exactly what I do, to my legislators. I get a nice form response
(most likely prepared by an illegal immigrant office worker) along the
lines of "thank you for sharing your viewpoints with us.......


3) You happily continue to reap the benefits of having cheap labor from
Latin America, without which you'd either have produce priced 2-4 times
higher, or a selection of produce representing about 25% of what you now
have, particularly in the winter. Probably both.

So what's your point? Is your point that you'd gladly break the law, if
it saves you money and puts more American workers out of a job? What's
different about this practice than that of outsourcing?

Dave