I cast my vote in favor of the Panetta amendment. It is simply a fact of life that domestic workers will not take these jobs if they have a more attractive alternative. Undocumented workers who legalize their status under the amnesty provisions of this bill will move up the economic ladder as soon as possible. once they have stepped away from the legal shadows of undocumented status. We will need the guest worker program to fill the void the newly documented workers will leave in the bottom rungs of the agricultural labor force. I wish there were domestic workers willing and available to fill these jobs. but the simple truth is that Americans will not take these low paying. unpleasant positions. and perishable agriculture in this country needs a dependable source of workers.
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Generalization that domestic workers will not take low paying jobs.