There are thousands of immigrants in my community,
Are they ILLEGAL immigrants?
If they are, you don't give them jobs, or government services.
Some jobs, particularly those in agriculture, will not get done without immigrants.
California's undocumented workers help the economy grow – but may pay the cost
"Brokaw Ranch Company, in Ventura County, grows hundreds of acres of fruit including avocados, oranges and lemons that end up on tables all across the United States via Sam's Club, Wal-Mart and Costco.
"But before it gets there, it starts here, in leafy groves of trees under the California sun, where crews of workers climb the trees with ladders, cut each piece of fruit by hand and carry it in 80-pound sacks to collection bins.
"It's hard, careful work and, at least on this farm, it's done by immigrants.
"The Ventura County farm bureau
estimates as many as 36,000 field workers bring in the county's crops of citrus, avocado and strawberries in peak harvest season, and that 95 percent of them are foreign-born.
"Ranch owner Ellen Brokaw said immigrant labor is essential to Ventura County's farms."