Mollie Tibbetts and the Cheap Labor Lobby
By Bob Dane September 4, 2018 10 Comments
Mollie Tibbetts’ slaying at the hands (allegedly) of an illegal alien farm worker has revived the dubious narrative about an agricultural labor shortage in this country.
Calls for more secure hiring by expanding use of the federal E-Verify employment screening system into the fields encountered immediate pushback from the usual suspects.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce told USA Today it would only support mandatory electronic worker verification if coupled with an overhaul, and expansion, of the country’s guest-worker programs. The American Farm Bureau Federation went a step further, arguing that passing E-Verify alone would reduce production by $60 billion and boost food prices by 5 percent to 6 percent.
https://immigrationreform.com/2018/09/04/mollie-tibbetts-and-the-cheap-labor-lobby/
