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and not easily taught; it takes years to get those skills. And physical stamina. Like every other kind of labor.

I believe that all laborers are underpaid. It is not the undocumented part that makes them underpaid, it is the fact that all physical labor seems to be underpaid in general in this country. The fact that there are so many undocumented laborers has more to do with the reality that getting a green card for labor is utterly messed up. They have all these special visas for "educated" people, as though physical labor is not skilled or requiring of technical chops. And the politicians have every reason to keep it that way, as all these billions of dollars are paid into social security by people who will not be able to draw from it.

Maybe 70% of the ag labor force around where I am is documented; it is law in CA that the employer provides health insurance and pay overtime. This is not the case in most of the other states. Documentation has nothing to do with these obligations.