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Originally Posted by BFT3K
I think the illegals make LESS that minimum wage for that work. My guess is, if the farmers had to pay Americans for this, it would cost them well OVER minimum wage, plus tax matching, paperwork, accounting fees, etc.
It could be done, but the cost of our food will certainly go up to make up for the trade off.
Same story with hotel room rates, etc....
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I live in an area where there is a lot of seasonal field work that attracts a good number of migrant (read illegal) workers and I can tell you that many of them do pay under minimum wage. The way they do it is that they pay per pound or bushel or some unit of measurement, but the payment is low enough that most people will not be able to make more than minimum wage and others will make much less. So they tell you that you are free to make as much as you can. The faster and harder you work the more money you will make but it is very hard to make more than minimum wage.