"They're Taking Our Jobs"

As I read this chapter, I keep dwelling on the ideology that illegal immigrants are coming into this country and taking our jobs and mooching off of our government. I can't help but wonder what US citizen is willing to work hard, manual farm labor for a salary between $5,000 and $8,000 a year? What US citizen is willing to relocate every couple of months just to follow the few dollars they are getting? What US citizen is willing to work in these horrid conditions, supplying the nation with food, while receiving little to none of it themselves? These questions will never be answered because these people don't exist. Immigrants are not taking our jobs - the "Big Agriculture" industry creates these jobs specifically for illegal immigrants so they can create the highest profit margins, while simultaneously fueling the anti-immigrant propaganda to keep us divided and at odds with one another. It is not an exaggeration to say that immigrants are the backbone of our country. There are hundreds of thousands to millions of immigrants who are responsible for making sure every one of us fed, while in many cases going hungry themselves. This is one example of how we have completely lost touch with our biology. Migration is a natural habit of nearly all species on Earth, humans included. However in recent history, it has only become acceptable when it's white, colonial settlers on the prowl for the next best resource. Migration is no longer acceptable to the human species because we've adopted this idea of "land ownership" and set boundaries and rules for who can cross and when, and the punishment for violating those rules far outweigh the crime. Everyone should have access to healthy food, regardless of what side of the border they come from, especially if they are the ones harvesting the food.