If you need illegal immigrants, paid absymal wages, and not subject to worker protections (aka. slaves) to produce food, then you are not feeding yourself. Your

If you need illegal immigrants, paid absymal wages, and not subject to worker protections (aka. slaves) to produce food, then you are not feeding yourself. Your slaves feed you. Another alternative is buying the food from the market, from other countries, until the prize is lower than the price covering the costs for the farms to use legal workers.