Originally Posted by Robbie

That's the truth.

My family owned citrus groves in Florida and hired thousands of Mexican workers in the 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, and 1990's.

I can remember being at my grandfather's office in the 1970's and seeing checks go out to Mexican fruit pickers for well over a thousand dollars a week (in 1975 $1,000 would be worth $4,557.32 in 2016).

And he and my dad would tell me that they would send all of that money back home to Mexico. They only came to Florida during orange picking season.

I was in awe of it. And in 1977 I begged to go out in the groves and pick oranges. I thought I was gonna be a rich 15 year old. It was $3 a tub to pick. I almost died! LOL!
I think I made $9 in 2 days before I quit.

Mexican workers are the backbone of the agricultural industry in the U.S. and are some of the hardest working people in the world.