Jeffrey McManus

Link: American Farmers Cross the Border for Labor

"In the past, some Americans have planted south of the border to escape spiraling land prices and to ensure year-round deliveries of crops they can produce only seasonally in the United States. But in the last three years, Mr. Nassif and other growers said, labor uncertainties have become a major reason why more farmers have shifted to Mexico.

While there are benefits for Mexico, as American farmers bring the latest technology and techniques to the rich soil of its northern regions, American farm state economists say that thousands of middle-class jobs supporting agriculture are being lost in the United States. Some lawmakers in the United States also point to security risks when food for Americans is increasingly produced in foreign countries."

They said I was nuts a few months back when I argued that building walls and deporting immigrants is only going to suck jobs out of the U.S. economy. But here’s some evidence that that is happening.

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