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I work for Oregon Corrections and have a choice to "hire" inmate workers to perform various landscape maintenance jobs in our prison. I have had various races in my crew, trying not to choose one over the other. I have found, as a rule, Hispanics have the best work ethic. Never complaining about the weather or how hard the work was. My disapointment is most of these are incarcerated because of drug crimes (mfg. & delivery), sex crimes, (having sex with under age females) or crimes of person- robbery etc.
As a rule, one on one these are hardworking people, making no problems, doing thier time, knowing that they have a "hot and a cot" until they are deported.
Why can't they come here, even illegaly, do the straight and narrow,and have a productive crime free life?

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