Maybe the kids have finally grokked what we old guys have been telling them since they were in junior high school - namely, that the illegals are driving down wages across industries that American men formerly dominated.
It's no wonder the kids don't want to apprentice in the trades anymore. Not when they pay half of what their fathers and grandfathers made at the same work.
Kick the illegals out, and that correction will happen.
Most of the factory jobs around here require technical training equivalent to a junior college degree