Business was booming at the time and it appears that some folks (whites strung out on drugs?) felt justified in pushing to get rid of these "illegals". Of course in hindsight we know that the industry has collapsed and it (AZ law) wasn't necessary and just succeeded in getting rid of legals, too. I suspect some other states are having problems getting their fruit and vegetables harvested as well. Probably will involve some more tweaking of immigration laws. Tweaking may not be the answer, either but a major overhaul.
Yank-I would say 80-90% of all trades were illegals. Lots went back to Mexico..the rest went to New Mexico and Texas.
pants **************************** Hi pants.
I seriously suspect that you believed that. I also am virtually certain that you are WAY, WAY off in that estimation.
I am a tradesman in California which is at least as over run by illegal and legal immigrant labor as your state.
****NEWS FLASH**** Everyone with brown skin who speaks limited English isn't here illegally.
That's the whole darn problem right there in a nutshell.
It was thoughtful of God to color code humans so we would know who to hate, discriminate against and exploit for cheap labor. Then a bunch of idiots went and created all kinds of complications with legal rights, amnesty bills, Guest Worker Programs, green cards and such.
90% of tradesmen???????
WOW, it's not just amazing that you really think that. It's also a surprise that you would share that guess with us.
Anyone care to see some facts? Yeah, it's hard when dealing with CRIMINAL behavior to collect data from the CRIMINAL employers and illegal alien labor. But for Christ sake we put a man on the moon GENERATIONS ago. You really think economists, lawyers, police, national security advisers, the FBI, CIA, major global corporate chief intelligence officers don't have REAL data?
You'll just never see it on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNBC, CNN, FOX.............
I'm shocked, shocked! that people are misconstruing and misrepresenting the situation with illegal alien labor.
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