Yes, agreed. What I meant is they are indeed hard working types and not criminal types . They have taken advantage of frankly, companies who practically invite their labor, and while breaking the law, in all other aspects of their lives here, they are honest. It is not right, of course...but I understand why many of them have done it.
Be careful, some are indeed honest but many if not most fake it. They work because the freebies are not enough and they know how to get maximum freebies using fraud as necessary. What you see is not the reality.
You may have a Juan or Pablo helping you out and working hard. Meanwhile, Isabella is back at the house with 8 children and 15 adults applying under as many names she can dream up for EBT, WIC, Medicaid and Section 8, and she has a legalized latino coaching her. These people know every trick. I have witnessed this firsthand and I have many friends in Mexico City who are in the upper caste. The upper caste encourage the migration north.
Illegals also know how to register to vote (they have coaches instruct them) and claim fraudulently they are US citizens eligible to vote. But they also know how to avoid a jury duty summons by claiming they are not US citizens. Their tricks at gaming the system are being exposed more and more.
They know how to smile and get friendly. But give them the upper hand and watch how they treat the likes of you. It won’t be pleasant.
On the other hand the upper caste of Mexico get visas to come to the USA with no problem. They have a lot of money and property so a visa is readily obtained. They fly to San Antonio to shop and they have homes there. But they are legal. They encourage illegals to come to the USA because they are ashamed of the poverty in Mexico. Some of the upper caste are dangerous to the USA because they have political ambitions to negate USA jurisdiction or control it. Some also think in terms of moving the border northward. They’re pushing their luck thinking Americans are oblivious and apathetic.