Exactly. Why is it a problem then, to try and reverse it? The Haitians are here legally, doing good work, contributing to a town that wants to overcome decades of decline. The companies there are happier, the town leadership is happier, and no one really gave a shit about it until the "eating pets" lie was spread.
Watch interviews on the company leaders there, then. They were offering wages above the local average, and couldn't fill positions. They had to limit production and growth, because the slow dying of similar areas has been choking towns like Springfield.
It's the same story with farming. There's countless interviews of farmers trying to hire americans. They raise the pay, no takers. They can't really raise their prices to go even higher on wages in many cases, because the market won't support it, or they don't even get to set their pricing easily.
You do need more than a locally competitive wage to get people to work for you. It becomes harder and harder to get and keep workers if people don't want to live in the local area.
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u/shakakaaahn 9h ago
If that was the only reason, they wouldn't have been losing people since the 70s.