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<blockquote data-quote="Billybob" data-source="post: 1857173" data-attributes="member: 1294"><p>Migrants have traditionally done much of the farm work in America, particularly picking crops because of the seasonal nature and pay scale of the work.</p><p>Should we now make some type of allowances so that poor Americans can work for less than minimum wage and not always have their kids in school?</p><p>With the low wages they'd still be collecting benefits wouldn't they? </p><p>The migrant system was developed to help the poor from Mexico to get jobs they couldn't find at home that Americans didn't need because they had jobs at </p><p>McDonald's etc. but things have changed haven't they?</p><p>According to some figures, <em>About 3 percent of illegal immigrants were working in farming and related sectors, according to Pew, which was well below the percentage working in service occupations (33 percent), construction and extractive jobs (17 percent), production, installation and repair (16 percent) and transportation and moving (8 percent). A subsequent Pew study pegged the number working in farming and related sectors slightly higher, at 4 percent.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/jun/20/facebook-posts/facebook-post-says-less-2-percent-illegals-are-pic/" target="_blank">http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/jun/20/facebook-posts/facebook-post-says-less-2-percent-illegals-are-pic/</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>If we removed the illegals from other jobs would some of our poor then be able find jobs? This raises the question that if the economy doesn't get better and your kid can't find a job after school should they pack up and follow the harvest for work while corporations are hiring illegals to keep wages low? I certainly admit that some poor people might be lazy but is that the only angle or is it that corps and the gov.both want more illegals because they work for less and don't know or ***** about their rights?</p><p></p><p>Fast-Food Managers Accused Of Selling Stolen IDs </p><p></p><p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704547804576261354204299950.html" target="_blank">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704547804576261354204299950.html</a></p><p></p><p>Illegal aliens caught working in McDonald’s restaurants...again </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/illegal-aliens-caught-working-mcdonald-s-restaurants-again-w-video" target="_blank">http://www.examiner.com/article/illegal-aliens-caught-working-mcdonald-s-restaurants-again-w-video</a></p><p></p><p>McDonald's Franchisee Fined $1M for Hiring Illegal Aliens</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,384521,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,384521,00.html</a></p><p></p><p>Who’s Working in Your Kitchen?</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.qsrmagazine.com/exclusives/who-s-working-your-kitchen" target="_blank">http://www.qsrmagazine.com/exclusives/who-s-working-your-kitchen</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Billybob, post: 1857173, member: 1294"] Migrants have traditionally done much of the farm work in America, particularly picking crops because of the seasonal nature and pay scale of the work. Should we now make some type of allowances so that poor Americans can work for less than minimum wage and not always have their kids in school? With the low wages they'd still be collecting benefits wouldn't they? The migrant system was developed to help the poor from Mexico to get jobs they couldn't find at home that Americans didn't need because they had jobs at McDonald's etc. but things have changed haven't they? According to some figures, [I]About 3 percent of illegal immigrants were working in farming and related sectors, according to Pew, which was well below the percentage working in service occupations (33 percent), construction and extractive jobs (17 percent), production, installation and repair (16 percent) and transportation and moving (8 percent). A subsequent Pew study pegged the number working in farming and related sectors slightly higher, at 4 percent.[/I] [url]http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/jun/20/facebook-posts/facebook-post-says-less-2-percent-illegals-are-pic/[/url] If we removed the illegals from other jobs would some of our poor then be able find jobs? This raises the question that if the economy doesn't get better and your kid can't find a job after school should they pack up and follow the harvest for work while corporations are hiring illegals to keep wages low? I certainly admit that some poor people might be lazy but is that the only angle or is it that corps and the gov.both want more illegals because they work for less and don't know or ***** about their rights? Fast-Food Managers Accused Of Selling Stolen IDs [url]http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704547804576261354204299950.html[/url] Illegal aliens caught working in McDonald’s restaurants...again [url]http://www.examiner.com/article/illegal-aliens-caught-working-mcdonald-s-restaurants-again-w-video[/url] McDonald's Franchisee Fined $1M for Hiring Illegal Aliens [url]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,384521,00.html[/url] Who’s Working in Your Kitchen? [url]http://www.qsrmagazine.com/exclusives/who-s-working-your-kitchen[/url] [/QUOTE]
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