Bernie and Ag

Bernie and Ag

I've already talked about how detrimental Donald Trump would be to agriculture if he were to become the next president, but what about another candidate? Bernie Sanders has been an advocate for the fair treatment and fair pay of agricultural workers all over the USA. And unlike our good buddy Donald, Bernie Sanders understands the hardships that illegal immigrants have to go through to survive. And I'm sure you might be thinking right now that we, as legal citizens, should boot them all out of the country. They don't deserve to be here if they aren't going to go through the legal migration process. Well fun fact for ya, it takes the average immigrant 5 years to go through the legalization process. And the truth for many of these people is that their lives are so bad in their native country, that sneaking here and trying to obtain citizenship is their smartest option.
It's a scary reality. And deporting the nearly 12 million illegal immigrants that we currently house in the US would be unrealistic and impractical.

According to an article done by the Washington Post, there are 3.5 more illegal immigrant agricultural workers than there are legal citizens. To deport them all is to cripple one of the oldest and most important industries in the US. Bernie Sanders says that instead of deporting these people, we need to come together as a country and make it easier for these people to become legal citizens. 

To me, that seems realistic and treating people fairly is not too radical of an idea.