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Originally posted by TerryBPP
Jim, it will be affecting you shorty. If the cost of homes construction goes up due to hikes in pay. Then growth will slow dramatically.
Lets make a list and see if you guys are still so gun ho:
Citrus and vegetables sold in supermarkets
Majority of manual labor ie. construction of roads, homes, and complexes
Hotel cleaning staff
Lawn services
Pool cleaning
90% of factory workers on the East & West Coasts
Lower level hospital staff.
Please add if you can think of anything more.
The midwesterners don't seem to realize that our base economy is dependent on low paying postions that white people are to "proud" ie. lazy to preform.
Mexicans are hard working people. I could care less if they are citizens.
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Terry, I'd expand it beyond lawn services to all landscaping, and beyond hotel cleaing to all janitorial services. Many low-end sevice jobs like parts runner, mechanics helper, "lot boy", etc. are held by illegals in the car business -- mainly because they are more honest and reliable than the American-grown alternatives.
And L.A. has large populations of illegals from Korea, China, Russia and eastern Europe that you don't hear anything about from the anti-Hispanic crowd. They, also are doing jobs Americans won't do.
I think despite the loud wailing you're hearing that most Americans (studies say about 75%) don't see this immigration issue as a huge deal. And in fact, there isn't one thing anyone can point to to demonstrate "damage" being done to this country by illegals.