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So now we’re on about low level, field workers
I thought we were talking about skilled labor
I’ll play along with your dumbass either way
Anyway, the US issues about 300k temporary agricultural visas a year
Not sure how many “newcomers” are choosing field work but for the 300k that do, you know the pay before you signed up
Legal status of hired crop farmworkers, fiscal 1991–2022 | Economic Research Service
The share of hired crop farmworkers who were not legally authorized to work in the United States grew from roughly 14 percent in 1989–91 to almost 55 percent in 1999–2001; in recent years it has declined to about 40 percent. In 2020–22, 32 percent of crop farmworkers were U.S. born, 7 percent...
That is an agricultural example
The 40% or so unauthorized workers make much less than the citizens or authorized workers. My point wasn't about their pay, if it's fair or not, but about that effect on pricing if the labor is replaced by Americans or visa holders.
No one is deporting valid work visa holders according to the trustworthy folks here. So they don't really factor into the labor being deported. I'm not sure "you know the pay before you signed up" has to do with anything.