Mike,
when I was living in the Fresno area I worked one Summer between semesters in the fruit orchards. I believe there were 10 men in the crew I was in and of them, only two were illegals and they chose to be paid in cash by the amount they picked. The rest had work visas and were paid by check just as I was with taxes deducted. They used to fill out the crews by going to some street corners where they would find people waiting for a days work and pick up whatever amount they needed for the day. I don't know if that is still true or not as it has been a long time since those days and I later went to work on weekends and such at Yosemite Park.
Ron
