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Red states learning or will be learning a lesson about this real quick when they can't find the slave wage labor to pick their crops because they ~~deported~~ imprisoned them.
And if there's a shortage, there will be an increase in arrests and convictions, justifiable or not.
Prisoners in the US are effectively slaves also I thought?
Depends on the state. Some states allow for forced prison labor. Most 'only' allow for 'voluntary' and underpaid prison labor. California, the largest state by population, still allows for forced prison labor.
Prisoners are not skilled agricultural workers.
For many crops, picking fruit, for example, is an immensely skill-oriented task in order to do it fast enough to be profitable.
Hence when they are "migrant" workers who keep making their way north all harvest season to keep harvesting the crops as they become ready. A lot of fruits have a narrow harvest window of just a few days, and you can't wait around for a bunch of novices try to figure out how to harvest them.
You are an idiot then, get hoeing. Do you know the difference between a weed and a crop plant? That’s a skill.
Red states do not have the capacity to learn lessons.