EFFECTS OF IMMIGRATION ON CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE

EFFECTS OF IMMIGRATION ON CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE Name: Grade Course: Tutor’s Name: (6 October, 2012) Effects of Immigration on California Agriculture California’s agricultural sector relates directly to immigrants due to the intensive labor required in the farming fields. Indeed, for the immigrants they troop to such states for search of a better life (American Dream) only to be exploited by the farmers. The immigration reforms and control act (IRCA) was developed to regulate the illegal immigrants to the United States; this was by punishing those who hire illegal immigrants. However, since illegal immigrants provide cheap and affordable labor to the farms the farmers would need to invent new ways to exploit the immigrants. The invention of farm labor contractors ensured that immigrants still found their way to the farms and work. This topic is very significant as it tackles the issue of food at a time that the some parts of the world are being faced by the issue of food security. With reduced production costs in agriculture farmers will be able to produce effectively and efficiently; however exploiting poor immigrants remains a human rights issue and an aspect of modern ...