It's not the corn farmers that are hiring illegals. I know this for a fact as I know and am involved in the farm economy here. It's Tyson and the farm machinery manufacturing plants who are hiring the illegals. Used to be a meat packing or farm manufacturing employee didn't apply for foodstamps, WIC, medicaid etc. as they were once considered good jobs and you could live on the wages. Wages are stagnet(and low) because the employers know they don't have to pay a living wage or provide affordable health insurance and other benefits for their workers.