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Originally Posted by PiKA2001
The U.S. issues out H-2 Visas which cover agricultural workers, but that's nowhere near the scope of the bracero program.
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Yeah, I'm thinking more of having a structured program with particular farms and some federal and maybe state government involvement to protect the workers and the companies. Like wages being held/monitored by the government to make sure workers aren't ripped off, and that there is adequate food and housing, as well as not using nasty pesticides and herbicides as well as water and safe transportation. If people are in groups and accounted for they can't take off as easy, and if someone does something naughty immediate deportation.
This would also protect businesses as they can't be accused of being crappy as easily, and consumers would buy things they know don't have a bad association with the process, and cut down on rumors and paranoia. It will cost more money but if I knew a company didn't treat workers as sub human I'd be more likely to buy their product. This also could help smaller farmers as well be viable. We do things like this for fire fighters, and that's a hell of a lot more complicated coordinating food, buses, lodging, and so on.
Of course I don't advocate this for Detroit, as their farms will be worked by local Detroiters
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