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Response to Dawn Hicks' question
12019-05-05T04:19:31-07:00Mary Laffidybbaa6fac1a2d68d7d027a0bc645072eb108dbf5c105811plain2019-05-05T04:19:32-07:00Mary Laffidybbaa6fac1a2d68d7d027a0bc645072eb108dbf5cThis is a very valid connection to make! I hadn't thought about comparing it to modern issues, but I definitely think you're right about people wanting open borders for the wrong reasons. If you look at any of the local farms in this area, all of the workers appear to be of Central-American heritage. Every so often large groups of them get on a bus to go to Walmart and get the essentials for their families, but other than that it really seems like all these people do is work all day to barely get by. The commodification of bodies is still very real, and much closer to our community than I originally realized.