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RoseTrellis

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3. That's because

Reply to catrose (Reply #2)

Tue May 12, 2026, 07:51 PM

May 12

That’s because the farms can get away with paying immigrants very little, because they are desperate for a job to get established. I’m not in favor of taking advantage of workers like this.
The end result should be the farms pay the workers fair market value for their labor.

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