Cruz says: mechanization, higher pay will offset loss of illegal farmworkers

Farmers will have to pay higher wages to farmworkers and rely more on mechanization to carry out agricultural tasks when illegal immigration is ended, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz told a Wisconsin dairy farmer. At a town hall meeting, farmer Jason Vorpahl said many dairy operations have to rely on Latino workers because U.S. citizens are… » Read More

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