Hiring an illegal that is willing to work long hours at low pay is just too tempting. People keep thinking that illegals are mowing grass and cleaning bathrooms, but many of them are carpenters, brick layers, electricians, roofers, ect. Jobs that would support a family when I graduated High school 50 years ago are now low paying and no benefits. Florida is about to find out that the illegals in Texas, La, Miss, Ala, are all headed their way to take jobs from the locals. After Hurricane Rita, we couldn't find ANY carpenters and roofers in Texas because the illegals were still working Katrina.
When I graduated HS, I could go to an oil refinery and get a good job doing almost anything. Today, a college grad can hardly add and subtract. Ask a 23 yo to make change for a $20 sometime and you will shake your head when they reach for their cell phone.
OTOH, they know all about Global Warming, 14 genders, anal sex, and communism. When you pay $50k a year for a degree in Gender Studies, you can sit in abasement at moms house, but you can't read a ruler. This is why we are paying $15 hr. for someone with a degree to put pickles on a burger. That's about all they can handle.
Hiring an illegal from Honduras with a 3rd grade education to build a house is a no brainer once you've been in the real world awhile. Schools are turning out Dem voters rather than training a workforce and making good citizens. Nobody is buying the product anymore.
Absolutely correct. I continue to maintain that the unemployable rate is about 50%.
Legal residents who grew up and were educated outside the United States are finding that the demand for their “archaic” work ethic is at a premium.