Americans Don't Want Farm Jobs: ; Unemployed Find Work Freed by Ala. Difficult
Charleston Daily Mail › October 24, 2011
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ONEONTA, Ala. - Potato farmer Keith Smith saw most of his Hispanic workers leave after Alabama's tough immigration law took effect, so he hired Americans. It hasn't worked out: They show up late, work slower than seasoned farm hands and are ready to call it a day after lunch or by midafternoon. Some quit after a single day.
In Alabama and other parts of the country, farmers must look beyond the nation's borders for labor because many Americans simply don't want the backbreaking, low-paying jobs immigrants are willing to take. Politicians who support the law say over time more unemployed Americans will fill these jobs. They insist it's too early to consider the law a failure, yet numbers from the governor's office show only nominal interest.See the full content of this document
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Americans Don't Want Farm Jobs: ; Unemployed Find Work Freed by Ala. Difficult
"I've had people calling me wanting to work," Smith said. "I haven't turned any of them down, but they're not any good. It's hard work, they just don't work like the Hispanics with experience."
Alabama passed its law in June and it was ...See the full content of this document
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