Some assumptions: you are American and you were able to quit lettuce farm job and able to look back at those times with fondness. These farm laborers will never

Some assumptions: you are American and you were able to quit lettuce farm job and able to look back at those times with fondness. These farm laborers will never post on HN. $9/hour without healthcare or benefits is not ‘lucrative’ unless we are speaking of migrant labour crews who are undocumented. Those who defend the use of undocumented labourers in Ag are simply enabling slave labour. Unless we take a firm stand against undocumented labour, we will never have a true picture of our economy and cost of living the American life. Considering American farms rely on undocumented labour only because it’s cheap and exploitative, we will never find Americans wanting to do these jobs. Automation is the only way out. And realistic output of Ag. [..]“Some of you should see where these folks are living, the conditions they’re in. Living in shipping containers, making $9 an hour,” he said. “No health care, no support services.”[..] [..]“The conditions farmworkers shared with the governor — being paid $9 an hour and living in shipping containers — are simply deplorable,” Villaseñor wrote. “Our country relies on their back-breaking work, yet Congress cannot even provide them the stability of raising their families and working in this country without fear of deportation, which contributes to their vulnerability in the workplace. That is no way to live.”[..]