Except for the fact that a lot of poor Americans don’t want to work, particularly when the wages they get don’t keep body and soul together. Only reason the Mexicans can do it is that they also live cheap, 14 or so in one house, and do not spend as much at the mall as real Americans.
Maybe the better answer is amnesty, with mandated higher wages by employers while locking the durn border down good and tight for a change. Plus, put employers in the hoosegow when they cheap out and hire the illegals.
parsy, who figures we will live in interesting times
“Maybe the better answer is amnesty, with mandated higher wages by employers”
No amnesty is not the answer. I don’t think anyone should get to be a US citizen for nothing. Most aren’t planning on staying or trying to fit in, anyway.
As far as wages, here in Texas, they make as much as anyone else for the jobs they do. That wage thing is a myth.
Plus, put employers in the hoosegow when they cheap out and hire the illegals.”
It would scare you to know how many ‘day workers’ work for the homeowner down the street from you and I.
The promise Reagan made, when he granted amnesty in the 80's, was it would be a one time thing and the borders would be secured. I want the government held to that promise. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
Another reason they can do it is because "poor Maria" goes to the welfare office and claims the Pablo deserted her and the four bambinos, (one of which has medical problems) and needs food stamps, aid to families with dependent children, WIC, section 8 housing, aid with utilities, and on and on.