Yves here. This post says quite a lot about the behavior of many US employers. They have become so used to undocumented migrant workers (illegally low pay, dangerous workplaces, other abusive practices) that they are unwilling to change the job scope so as to attract US workers. I reject the gloss that migrant labor does not compete with US work. Farmers in Maine perform the knee and back-stressing task of harvesting blueberries. When I was a child, a popular summer job was (actually pretty taxing) strawberry picking. Our yardman in Alabama (white, BTW) said in his childhood he and members of his family performed farm labor side by side with blacks. Meatpacking, a dangerous and difficult job, was once staffed by Americans…when it paid $35 an hour at a time when prevailing wages were lower than now. So don’t tell me the issue is that Americans won’t do certain jobs. It’s the pay and other worksite conditions. Another issue is that ICE crackdowns have not focused on employers.…