[grjr21]

There is a Developer building three 600 k houses just a couple of blocks from where I live .
Not to long ago I walked by to see how they were doing and I found two separate crews working.The one doing the framing were speaking Spanish with a Mexican accent and the other crew was putting in the electrical and they were Brazilians.
I didn't ask them how much they were paid but if the developer couldn't afford to pay them whatever American carpenters and electricians would charge he has no business building the houses to begin with

[Rick_Michael]

You'd think houses would be cheaper because of the cheap labor involved...but the market is mixed (ie there's many Americans working in the industry as well), and so the prices still follow the most someone is willing to pay for the property. In other words, the developers are raking in tons of cash at the expense of everyone else.

[MineralMan]

"Not to long ago I walked by to see how they were doing and I found two separate crews working.The one doing the framing were speaking Spanish with a Mexican accent and the other crew was putting in the electrical and they were Brazilians.
I didn't ask them how much they were paid but if the developer couldn't afford to pay them whatever American carpenters and electricians would charge he has no business building the houses to begin with"

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Are you sure they're illegals? There are lots of people here legally doing that work, too. I never make any judgment regarding whether workers are legal or not without checking. You might be surprised.