[Alexunda]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011...few-employers/

With Alabama's new immigration law scaring off many illegal migrant workers, the state is offering job placement for legal residents wanting to work in the hard-hit agriculture industry -- it seems, however, that local farmers think the work may be too hard for most Americans.

Gov. Robert Bentley announced this month the launch of the initiative "Work Alabama," which would expand on existing services to connect job seekers with current openings on farms and respond to employers' complaints about the loss of mostly Hispanic workers who have fled.

"The industries in our state that provide thousands of manual-labor jobs are a foundational part of Alabama's economy," Bentley said at the time. "I want these employers to know that we are here to help them while they provide much-needed jobs to Alabamians who are looking for work."

But as of Wednesday, while 335 people have signed up for seasonal agricultural jobs, only three employers have listed 48 openings -- most of which don't start until January, state officials told FoxNews.com.

Alabama's unemployment rate last month was 9.8 percent, higher than the national average of 9.1 percent. But some farmers have complained that Americans are unwilling or unable to do the work that migrant workers did.

Potato farmer Kevin Smith told The Associated Press that the Americans he hired show up late, work slower and are ready to call it quits after a day on the job or sooner.

"I've had people calling me wanting to work," Smith said. "I haven't turned any of them down, but they're not any good. It’s hard work, they just don’t work like the Hispanics with experience."

I mean the potato farmer isn't wrong. A lot of Americans think that kind of work is beneath them - and that's why the illegal immigrants took the jobs. THey didn't care as long as they got paid. But that kind of work is no picnic. I'm from the Midwest and anyone from the states with corn will know about detasseling. Basically you go through certain rows, pull out the tassels and it makes certain hybrids of corn. I did that in high school in the summer and it wasn't fun at all. I wanted to quit all the time and it was only for two weeks. I hate to imagine growing up on a farm like my dad did.

If I was desperate for a job - I'd do what I can take until it got me back on my feet.