> real irony in all of this is that it’s an open secret that many bigger farms hire illegals for their labor, pay them less than minimal wage, house them in lea

> real irony in all of this is that it’s an open secret that many bigger farms hire illegals for their labor, pay them less than minimal wage, house them in leaky shanties, and basically hold them hostage by thinly veiled threats about calling INS IDK how upto date you are on this but in California this arbitrage opportunity is gone. "thinly veiled threats about calling INS" is no longer a point of leverage, actually a quick way to lose any farm hands in California. The current arbitrage opportunity in California are to use these people for EDD and WIC fraud but this is offtopic for this post and likely too political for HN.