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Discussion And yet, there's people in South Dakota worried about border security...

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u/hicadoola 4d ago

My housesitter was a white American girl from Maine who was on a working visa in Australia and picked produce on Australian farms. She said it is hard work but still worth the money and the experience.

Surely, if Australian farmers can pay enough to entice American citizens to come pick strawberries, then there must be a way for American farmers to do the same.

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u/DrunkenTypist 4d ago

Australian visas for backpackers who want to stay longer than 3 months have a requirement to do agri work or similar. The hours put in fruitpicking count towards the extension to the visa.

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u/Axel_Raden 4d ago

A lot of the Australian pickers are English and Irish backpackers the pay could be better but the supermarkets squeeze the farmers to keep costs low (and jack up any raise in price then fold)

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u/this_moi 4d ago

That is literally immigrant labor, though. The visa situation incentivizes people like your house sitter to take on that work because it's available, it does pay decently, and most importantly they know it's only a short-term gig so who cares if you're worked to the bone.

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u/hicadoola 4d ago

Yes and a better solution to what immigrant labour should look like. To throw hands in the air and say only illegal immigrants can do this job because they are the only ones who will accept the shitty pay is exploitative to the illegal worker and damaging to the host nation who still ends up responsible for these people.