Deport farm labor, and we all will pay

Trump wants to deport 11 million people if elected. He says undocumented migrants are taking jobs away and are not good for America. Well, half of the farm workers in America are undocumented. Texas and Nevada have more than any other state.

Labor-intensive fruits and veggies harvested would be most affected by this deportation. So don’t complain when they go up in price, if you can get any people to even pick them.

Milk will be two times higher without an immigrant workforce (National Milk Producers.) One in five undocumented workers are employed in construction. Joshua Correa, a builder in Dallas, says a home will cost $40-$50,000 more on a $300,000 home. Some 350,000 immigrants work in the health care field, and 160,000 clean homes. Unauthorized workers pay $13 billion into Social Security, $35 billion in federal tax and $13 billion in state tax. Yet, they get no Social Security.

We need to hire more people to get them citizenship. If you were them, you would want to live in America. And good luck finding someone to pick your food.

– Bob Battani, Durango