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Originally Posted by 70SATMan
... the illegal problem with the constant supply of people to pay less. It does keep the prices of vegetables down in NM though doesn't it?....
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That is one of those ideas that people feel so comfortable repeating. (cheaper vegetables.) Have you ever put a number to this? . ..a percentage? Of course it's
California ...and labor/cost studies have been done. Anyway, going from memory, a head of lettuce would cost only pennies more (retail) if no Mexicans were around to pick it. --I expect that a quick web search will get the exact #'s