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    Linda commented on the article | over 2 years ago
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    I have a problem with this posting. I am a migrant coordinator for my school system, hence I work with migrant laborers and their children.  It is not a slave system.  They could go back to Mexico if it was.  They are working here because they make more money than they would in Mexico, and if you had seen their economy there, you would know it is a better life for them here.  This is the work they do since they only have 6th grade or below educations.  Their children will reap the benefits of being in the USA receiving a high School Diploma and can obtain better jobs.  To not buy strawberries would be taking away jobs from them, and I have seen what happens when they don't have work and try to stay in the USA, it is worse than anything.  Those without work live in cars, trailers with no heat, broken windows, etc just trying to survive, and we have to use our emergency crisis centers to feed their children.  Not buying migrant picked anything will hurt our economy and theirs.  By the way why just pick on strawberries.  They also pick blueberries, grapes (which is your wine), tobacco, oranges, apples, tomatos and these migrant workers work on the pig farms, and pig factories(all american pork).  Please don't go after the migrant families livelihood, they wouldn't do it if they didn't want to improve their lives.  They do have the choice to stay in Mexico.  That is not slavery.

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