Illegals primarily have these jobs and I believe the actual aim of this measure is to act as a stronger magnet for illegals.
And I think the goal is ELECTORAL, has NOTHING to do with bettering the lives of Americans.
The effect of this is to put the accelerator through the floorboards on robot development.
In 5 years it will be puzzling to order from a human, rather than from a touchpad.
They likely already have it spent ten years out.
The electorate is weary of additional taxes, so what to do , what to do.
Oh yeah, raise the min wage!
Employers charge more to cover the increase, this more money for the state in earned income tax. The employees are also now in a higher tax bracket, so more to the state.
The gullible middle? They are the ones that will be servicing this increase in the form of increased costs to all services and products, thus, in the end, they indeed pay more taxes, only it is disguised as an aid to the poor downtrodden.
Nothing changes in purchasing power, because goods cost more, but the state now gets an additional chunk of the voter's hard earned cash.