I share your concern for the people effected but the notion that these people have little to offer and can not, or will not move up the labor chain does far more harm then good. Most westerners great grand parents were either farm laborers or did some form of back breaking manual labour. The literacy rate was horrible and so forth. I doubt very much these farm workers could not transition into some from of service jobs with very little training. Or some lateral move into other manual labor positions in other parts of the economy.<p>I hired someone from Mexico on a visa into a 6 figure a year job who&#x27;s father was literally a farm laborer. He was quite capable to do his job. Expecting nothing from people is a self fulfilling prophecy.