Mexicans, who may or may not be here illegally, do the brunt of the labor out in the Texas sun. They mow lawns, pick crops, the women clean houses and babysit, and wash dishes in restaurants, and whatever work they can find.
The men do a lot of the house building, and fence building, and roofing, as well as other construction work out in the hot Texas sun.
I hear people yammering all the time about “they are taking away jobs from Americans!
I don’t think there’s much truth in that. I don’t know a lot of Americans who could or would do these jobs out in the heat—and they would want higher wages if they did.
They are, for the most part some of the hardest working that I have ever seen.
It is what it is, and I don’t know the solution for the situation.
Basil, here’s where you and I disagree,
The solution is called Rule of Law.
Good grief, I have even read on Facebook that people cannot call themselves Prolife if they don’t embrace illegal children entering our country.
Donald Trump’s time has come.....and I support him!
“It is what it is, and I don’t know the solution for the situation.”
Take away the welfare from the native-born,
and you’ll see the work ethic return.....
Thank you for your testimony! At one time, our immigrant ancestors also did whatever work they could find. Unfortunately, the unions stepped in with their demands. Look at Detroit. Look at the education system in our country. More importantly, these immigrants are christians, who share our Judeo-Christian heritage. The situation in Europe is quite different. Angela Merkel in Germany welcomes hundreds of thousands of muslims to fill the job void left by over educated Germans who look down on menial labor. In another decade or two, Germany will become a muslim nation.
For sure...here in Kalifornia's Coachella Valley they are pretty much the blue/brown collar workforce, and do fine work.
Given local experience, however, we'd totally avoid any unsupervised in-home stuff, such as "cleaning lady"....it's quite apparent locally that 'Cousin Raul' gets tipped off after the home has been cased, and the homeowner's routine established.
Another little trick is that in our gated communties (of which there are tons), the trash collectors will stick something like a playing card into the side of a garage door.....if it's still unmoved by next trash pickup day, Cousin Raul gets another 'the coast is clear - they're still in Minnesota' phone call....
Nowadays, people have the option of welfare or disability to labor. Americans were doing those jobs before this country was flooded with illegals. Who in their right mind says they won't work for low wages and chooses instead NO wages? Nobody. They have an out and it's called a corrupt government.
Sorry but that's bulls*t.
When I was in HS, kids who dropped out got jobs in construction, building fences, remodeling, landscaping etc. Many of them, after they learned enough went on to open their own businesses, like my brother who runs a plumbing business today. He started out as a helper. Nowadays, those jobs aren't available to teens any longer. The market has been wiped out by illegals standing around at Home Depot.
They are, for the most part some of the hardest working that I have ever seen.
More BS. Many, or most in the construction business, work slow and do shoddy work. My former home which was built using mostly Mexican crews was built like a PIECE OF S***. All the joint work was sloppy and wavy. I had hot water going to the toilet. MY window sills were angled down toward the window so that all the rain ran into the seams and rotted the sheathing underneath - the walls had to be ripped out to fix it. All this work was done by cheap illegal alien crews.
I could go on but the myth that illegals are such hard-working craftsmen who do jobs we won't/can't so is a LIE.
We did them in the past, and did a better job.