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U.S. migrant farmworkers help put food on our tables. They struggle with the cost of living and needing more money just like many others here in America do. ~

they ache from bending hot day picking....
union of voices spanish tongue

in produce fields dusty sweating farmworkers....
wanting needing more bread

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Gershon Wolf

Date: 11/30/2024 9:38:00 PM

Yes, they do sweat. And yes, their plight is not an easy one. ... But please, my friend, ask yourself: Would you ever enter a country illegally to pick fruit or vegetables, and then expect to be protected by that country if you got caught?! I know I wouldn't expect anything other than the dungeon, if not worse... Then again, I immigrated legally to Israel, and my wife jumped through many hoops and waited a long time to immigrate to the USA legally from Ukraine. Just sayin' ~ gw