'Who's going to milk the cows?' Dairy farmers hit by Trump's deportations

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78. Pretty simple??? Can you please explain? Do you have any idea what it takes for an immigrant to be granted

a green card, or even a temporary work permit in the USA? Do you think its something people do from their home country while they and their families are being threatened, maybe even some of them already been killed, to apply for legal status in the USA? Even visas are hard to get, which is how many of these people get in, legally, don't leave and try to stay illegally, because it is the only way, working for peanuts to help USA families buy vegetables, etc. on the cheap. And that, is going to end very soon. These work permits do not come in a box of cereal.

Just a quick summary of how it works.

Those illegal people work 8-10 hours in the sun picking crops and they get paid about $5.00/hour, if that much, they do the work that most USA citizens do not want to do, and they don't get health insurance. Now figure the cost without those illegals that now farmers are forced to hire USA citizens who will not work under the sun, grueling hours for less than $20.00/hour, and that is with a maximum of 8 hour shifts and a minimum of 40 hours per week to assure the farmers will have to pay health insurance for them. So now the cost per employee turned into $25.00 to $28.00 per hour. Your food has quadrupled in price.

Do you get the idea? Its not that easy as you think. But I understand your republican talking point, and if you decide to research the talking point I think you will find that it is a talking point for those who do not care and nothing more. Its the same thing that happened to those who voted for trump without putting some thought on the consequences.