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Irascible Ink's avatar

I lived in Phoenix during the entire 90s. I remember seeing the guys hanging on the corners looking for day work.

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Joel Rosenfeld's avatar

The same thing in Brooklyn, N.Y., when I left in 1998. Then my entire time in Las Vegas from 1999 - 2016. ANY work!!!! Now in Phoenix, ask any grower. They'll tell you they couldn't survive without immigrants from Mexico and other Hispanic countries!!

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Bonnie Council's avatar

In the 50s & 60s my grandparents had a very small farm next to a very large farm. As a child I watched the migrant workers picking corn (by hand) in those fields next door. They’ve always been a part of our “food chain.”

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