 auburnjunky
Male, 30-39, Southern US
 8763 Posts
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Thursday, October 27, 2011 12:43:30 PM
I know, but we don't care about Migrant workers. They are fine because they are legal.
Calling them migrant workers is a ploy to make the people who support lawful citizenship look evil.
I am from Alabama, and this law rocks. We have JOBS HERE and our unemployment rate is dropping daily. |
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 Trapper222
Male, 18-29, Western US
47 Posts
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Thursday, October 27, 2011 12:28:57 PM
@auburnjunky A migrant worker is someone who moves from area to area as the seasons shift in order to do whatever seasonal work they can get, especially work in agriculture.
An illegal immigrant is someone who living in this country unlawfully.
Currently, most migrant workers are illegal immigrants, but not all.
The terms mean two different things. |
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 Fatninja01
Male, 18-29, Australia
23998 Posts
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Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:59:17 AM
right e o! |
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QualityJay
Male, 18-29, Southern US
303 Posts
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Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:15:06 AM
Farmers are hurting for farm workers.
Americans are hurting for jobs.
What to do, What to do...
Oh, Americans don't want those jobs?
Better go protest about there not being enough jobs (that we want to do, of course)
Cause no one should have to do a job they dislike... |
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auburnjunky
Male, 30-39, Southern US
8763 Posts
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Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:25:59 AM
Why are they called migrant workers? They are illegal immigrants! |
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 Loxen
Female, 30-39, Western US
1392 Posts
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Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:18:25 AM
If you can't get an American to do it, try... oh... I don't know... offering more money and allow people to pick at a less stressful pace?
No? Better to just get immigrants back in the field, because they'll let you screw them over? I see. |
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dang007
Male, 30-39, Southern US
494 Posts
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Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:13:40 AM
There aren't workers? Or there aren't workers willing to work for the wages the farmers are offering? Lets see I seem to recall a bunch of people in New York that seem to need work... |
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 RoboPatton
Male, 30-39, Western US
1962 Posts
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Thursday, October 27, 2011 9:53:30 AM
FDR ran illegals off as one of the measures to end the great depression. He did it because they were competing with Americans for low paying jobs.
MeGrendel and Gerry - right
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 Pooptart19
Male, 18-29, Southern US
2110 Posts
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Thursday, October 27, 2011 9:40:14 AM
Same sorta problem here in Georgia. |
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 Draculya
Male, 30-39, Asia
6654 Posts
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Thursday, October 27, 2011 9:37:30 AM
It's like The Last of the Meheecans.
BTW, I hope all the prisoners are US citizens or have valid work visas, or the farmers will have to join the chain gang! |
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 MeGrendel
Male, 40-49, Southern US
2403 Posts
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Thursday, October 27, 2011 9:29:13 AM
To quote: "Illegal immigrants have fled Alabama."
Sounds like it's working as planned.
And the farmers interviewed just hate that they can't pay them less money under the table as they were with the illegals.
I don't see the problem here. |
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 lyonartime
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
258 Posts
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Thursday, October 27, 2011 9:25:33 AM
swiftkeys wins. |
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 Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
26235 Posts
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Thursday, October 27, 2011 9:20:01 AM
I was this in the news also. It's a made up problem for media hype. It's not as if all the crops in the state are rotting on the ground.
And now that people with legal status know of the jobs, they will be filled. As a kid everyone had a summer job picking crops. And I like the chain-gang idea as well. Let'em earn their keep. |
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 swiftkeys
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
466 Posts
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Thursday, October 27, 2011 9:00:19 AM
Leviticus 20:18 "If a man lies with a woman during her monthly period and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has also uncovered it. Both of them must be cut off from their people."
ROFL. |
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 madest
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
6411 Posts
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Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:19:06 AM
Link: Stephen Colbert Told You So! [Rate Link] - Alabama's crack down on migrants hasn't worked out as planned. |
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