06 Oct 2011
Answer to immigration crisis? "Quit eating."
Crops are rotting in the fields because farmers can't find enough workers to harvest them. Even legal immigrants are not showing up for jobs at construction sites and poultry plants because, agriculture and industry officials say, they fear a hostile state climate. ... Smith said he has four to six weeks to get his crops in before they rot. He said he has found a few American workers for his fields, but he complained they can't keep up with his Hispanic crews. "If you want to solve the immigration problem, quit eating," Smith said."