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Agree with your observations on the impact on American workers. I had a similar experience putting a new roof on my house. The firm I selected was formed in 1945. To my surprise, the work crew was entirely from Mexico. I had to use my rusty Spanish from college to communicate. I found they all came from the same village in Mexico. They were not roofers by trade or training. When I asked the American supervisor why he didn't hire Americans, he said he couldn't compete with the other companies if he did.

I had a similar experience when had a more than $100K renovation of my house--new kitchen, bathrooms, electrical rehab, etc. The contractor sub-contracted for much of the work that was done by people from Central America. These used to be good paying jobs for Americans.

I have interviewed blacks who were displaced by immigrants legal and illegal. One black veteran said he was making more 20 years ago as a bricklayer/stonemason than he was now. He said he had a hard time communicating with the mostly Hispanic workforce. He felt like the odd man out because he couldn't speak Spanish.

Based on polling my grassroots immigration group has done, we found that blacks were even stronger than whites when it came to immigration and illegal aliens. They want reduced legal immigration and removal of the illegal aliens. The numbers favoring that were 88%.

When I asked the American supervisor why he didn't hire Americans, he said he couldn't compete with the other companies if he did.

Everyone is chasing LOW COST. All professions are taking a hit not just blue color workers. Many people go to Mexico to get their Teeth fixed<> Many Engineering cos. outsource to Low Cost Centers around the world

Many IT / Software professionals face stiff competition from LOW cost centers

Simply the way of the world, some years back it was the Automobile, going back further it was the Steam Engine revolution