Trump's deportation vow alarms Texas construction industry

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92. Thanks and YES. I grew up in Joplin MO and the meatpacking plants were the big thing. I don't know why I forgot this

so thanks for the heads up. There are tons of jobs that I'm sure that we haven't thought of yet. The biggest one is during harvest time, and I recall that when Alabama passed a law w/ a real restrictive citizenship requirement, they (Alabama) had crops rotting in the fields and I'm sure that the farmers etc. were hurting.

When you have such a high employment number, and you do any little thing w/ this, the impact can be huge. These idiots who pass these ignorant laws need to step back and look at the whole picture. Good grief, there's an idiot being born every day...

BY JULIE STRUPP
MAY 14, 2012
On Sunday, the Associated Press reported worker shortages have prompted some Alabama farmers who grow labor-intensive produce to plant less, rather than have crops rot in the fields again this year. Last fall Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley signed a tough law combating illegal immigration, which prompted undocumented workers to flee the state. Few locals will perform the grueling work of picking crops, and farmers stuck in a agricultural system built on illegal labor are struggling to find replacements before their produce rots.

ME: Georgia did this too!

Alabama’s situation is not unique. Georgia passed a similar immigration law in 2011. When undocumented workers fled, farmers lost around 40% of their workers and $140 million worth of blueberries, melons, onions, and other crops due to labor shortages. This year Georgia farmers again fear they will be short on workers to pick the crops, and many have scaled back production or stopped planting altogether.