Re New Trump Deportation Rules

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Bill Bumgarner <bbum () mac com>
> Date: February 22, 2017 at 7:06:40 PM EST
> To: dave () farber net
> Cc: ip <ip () listbox com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] New Trump Deportation Rules
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> We already know what happens to the farm economy, among other sectors, when the migrant, oft undocumented, workforce 
> is eliminated. 
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> The crops rot unpicked.   
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> This was tried in Georgia and Alabama.
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> http://www.npr.org/2012/04/30/151700266/how-new-immigration-laws-are-changing-states
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> https://mic.com/articles/8272/alabama-illegal-immigrant-crackdown-destroys-farm-business#.4H0MEIxPj
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> Even in 2016, we were facing a farm labor shortage, some of which was fallout from the Trump/GOP "deport them all" 
> rhetoric.
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> http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/29/news/economy/american-farm-workers/
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> Contrary to popular belief, the laborers picking the crops are oft-- not always-- fairly well paid.  The farmers 
> don't hire them primarily to save money, but because the migrant, oft undocumented, workers are actually very good at 
> the job.    And, again, contrary to popular belief, picking crops -- especially fruits -- requires quite a bit of 
> skill.   If you bruise the fruit at all, the value of that fruit can be cut by 80-85% (seriously-- that is the 
> difference between an apple destined for display in the produce aisle and one destined for apple sauce).
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> Meat packing and the restaurant industry are impacted in a similar fashion.   A "day without Mexicans" is the same 
> day that just about every fine dining establishment in NY is closed because the kitchen-- the food prep part, not 
> just the doing the dishes part-- is unstaffed.
>
> And that is the problem with Trump's deportation policies.   It completely fails to acknowledge the very real and 
> critical role that immigrants play in the labor pool while also telling a fictional story their participation as 
> unskilled, underpaid, workers who are stealing American jobs. 
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