There are a lot of things wrong in this country, and people expecting 15 bucks an hour to flip burgers is one of them. If there must be a minimum wage at all (I question the need for it), it should certainly be much lower than $15, or even $10. But no matter what, letting people steal into our country is not a solution for any problem. I know kids who are perfectly willing to work, and do work, like dogs, but have trouble finding and keeping jobs because there are always illegals hanging around willing to do the job for a couple bucks less an hour...Because by and large they don’t pay taxes, car insurance or large medical bills.
Then those kids that work like dogs and are willing to do the work, could KEEP the jobs because their employers could LEGALLY pay them what they were worth, small at first, and as they got better they would be worth more, thereby instilling a WORK ETHIC.
All I am pointing out is the inevitable result of raising the minimum wage (I think $7.25/hr nationally, but $9/hr in California and efforts in many cities and states to raise their own minimum wages to $15/hr) will be to attract a whole helluva lot more illegal immigrants than we have even now. It is one of many evil consequences of the minimum wage.
Illegal immigrants are a symptom of TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT. Illegal immigrants are here taking advantage of TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT. Reduce the government, and you'll see coordinating reductions in illegal immigration.
Instead, there are those who think brute force of a fence is going to stop people willing to risk a little hassle in order to earn what is to them a goldmine, but to the American teen, pocket change. It is neither good nor bad, it just ... IS.
If you don't like it -- then push for elimination of the minimum wage and all the rest of the excess government meddling that attracts and holds illegals.