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That's assuming that the produce can even be grown elsewhere. A lot of it can't.

For one I'd have no problem paying $10 for strawberries if I knew they were made in the USA. Hell, I pay more for everything else that I can find that's still made in the USA and I go out of my way to look. Although I admit I'm probably the exception rather than the rule (most people just want the cheapest stuff, even if it's Asian-made junk from WalMart that will break in two weeks) I think there's certainly a market for this. "Organic" and "Fair Trade" are increasingly popular.

Besides, as I said above if the cost of produce going up to pay fair wages to American workers is more than offset by reductions in taxes to pay for illegal workers' entitlements (as it certainly could be), why is this a bad thing?
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