Migrant worker shortage in California (2013, health care, visas, born)
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Yes, there are no caps on H2A visas, but once the illegals have a US born baby, they can lay around on welfare handouts. They don't really want to do the hard work kinds of jobs. They really are not some special race of hard workers content with low pay.
The fact is, without the food stamps, free health care, free meals in our schools, most would not be here, they really cannot afford the high cost of living without all the government assistance.
Yes, there are no caps on H2A visas, but once the illegals have a US born baby, they can lay around on welfare handouts. They don't really want to do the hard work kinds of jobs. They really are not some special race of hard workers content with low pay.
The fact is, without the food stamps, free health care, free meals in our schools, most would not be here, they really cannot afford the high cost of living without all the government assistance.
And they can still earn a day's wage (under the table) as a day worker on a construction site.
Why haven't the farmers used the H2A visa?
This from the link is the giveaway
Quote:
Many farmers want the immigration-reform bill to permit more seasonal workers, perhaps allowing some who amass a certain total of work days to stay permanently.
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The same complaints are coming from the orchards of eastern Washington, but it's only been in the last 2-3 years. Farmers say that many workers have gotten too old, and the younger ones, immigrant or otherwise, go up the ladder then hide and start texting. They quit soon after because they are not making any money, pay is $25/bin so if you don't pick you end up at barely minimum wage, while good workers are a bin ($25)/hour. They have been talking about using prisoners.
The same complaints are coming from the orchards of eastern Washington, but it's only been in the last 2-3 years. Farmers say that many workers have gotten too old, and the younger ones, immigrant or otherwise, go up the ladder then hide and start texting. They quit soon after because they are not making any money, pay is $25/bin so if you don't pick you end up at barely minimum wage, while good workers are a bin ($25)/hour. They have been talking about using prisoners.
The same complaints are coming from the orchards of eastern Washington, but it's only been in the last 2-3 years. Farmers say that many workers have gotten too old, and the younger ones, immigrant or otherwise, go up the ladder then hide and start texting. They quit soon after because they are not making any money, pay is $25/bin so if you don't pick you end up at barely minimum wage, while good workers are a bin ($25)/hour. They have been talking about using prisoners.
Illegals get too old once they've given birth and get their Section 8 and food stamps and think they're too good to have to work for a living.
There are fewer then 1 million jobs in all of agriculture and not all these jobs are filled with illegals, but once the illegals get here and comfortable, they're not about to do this kind of work, so the emplolyers want many millions new illegals every year.
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