Farmers who continually vote for the party of anti-immigration are struggling to find immigrants to work on their farms

"Farmers pushing for immigration reform to counter labor shortages and escalating food prices."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/farmers-pushing-immigration-reform-counter-labor-shortages-escalating-rcna45741?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

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Carla · 61-69, F

It boggles the mind, doesn't it?
At this point it isnt just farm jobs that are going unfilled.
Where i am, restaurants have closed for lack of help, factories are not getting people, production is down. My gf just hired thirty hispanic workers (work permitted) as they just couldn't find help.
Hired translators too. These employees are making the same as everyone else. They required a fifty hour workweek, and must be told to take their scheduled breaks, their work ethic is amazing. The existing workforce there were mostly against their new coworkers. Threatened. Forced to step up.
And we are looking to bring back more manufacturing. Who is goung to fill these jobs?
Our population is aging. Birthrates are down. Immigration is an answer. We need reform so very badly. Not a wall.
And it isn't just farmers that are voting against their best interests.