Question

5. (15 pts) Many people believe that a significant number of on-farm jobs in the United States have been taken by immigrants (legal or otherwise) from Mexico. Describe i.e., state your assumptions hypothesis, data, and any problems you might encounter how you would analyze the following statement: "The share of on-farm labor held by U.S. citizens has fallen over the past two decades due to Mexican immigration."

Answer 1

America has burgeoning labor force that's ready to get to work. Increasingly dairy farms such as those in New york rely on workers from Mexico and Guatemala. Currently there is no VISA program for year round workers on dairy farms and this this is an area of HIGH CONCERN.

This could be new opportunity or that US has made them feel less, The number of Mexican Immigrants living in the United States has thus dropped.

Geographically, these unauthorized workers are spread throughout US but are unsurprisingly most concentrated in border states like California and Texas, Where they make up about 9 percent of workforce.

Since agriculture is the Industry that's most reliant on undocumented workers and that's the real area of expertise and research. Over all , the agricultural industry in United States has been on the decline since 1950. Back then , farming was a family business that employed more than 10 million workers.

FARM WORK has been defined as PHYSICALLY DEMANDING , DIRTY and SOCIALLY DENIGRATED work, it is one of the most dangerous Occupation in the US. This without the help of Unauthorised workers , production would drop and consumers would see higher prices. This has become of particular concern as immigration enforcement in agricultural communities intensifies. Thus the statement is TRUE and highly accepting for growth of United States at Large.