illegals do the work freeloaders used to do..before welfare..there is and always will be an underground economy..
Illegals also have jobs that hard working citizens used to have. Agriculture businesses were the first to run off citizen workers in favor of illegals- soon followed by construction, motel/restaurant, on and on.
Illegals taking jobs Americans don’t want or won’t do is a huge liberal lie. Many employers prefer illegals because of cost savings- illegals will work for less money, few or no benefits, do not as a rule complain about unsafe working conditions- there are many benefits to employers at least short-term. One glaring problem is illegals cannot make it on the cheap wages either- especially those with a family. That is why illegals are a major drain on our education, medical, and social services and other systems.
Seasonal crop harvesting is one area where it truly is hard to hire the numbers of workers at just the time they are needed. There are government programs for workers to come in from other countries and do those jobs (mainly Mexico) and many farmers near me go through the program to get workers and it seems to work for them. Some hire illegals claiming it is impossible for them to get legal workers but I wonder why it seems to work for those that choose not to hire illegals.
I believe we need to crack down on employers of illegals- in every business that hires illegals there are competing businesses that don’t. How is it fair for those that do not hire illegals to have to compete with those that do?