This is very important, because I see the Chinese trying to do this here whether with Chinese nationals (there are several interesting Chinese "company towns" springing up) or illegal aliens.
http://www.policymic.com/articles/8603/china-to-build-cities-and-economic-zones-in-michigan-and-idaho
They are also buying distressed property in the USA maybe to make dormitories.
http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/03/22/wealthy-chinese-desperate-for-property-investments-turn-to-detroit/
I lived and worked in Nevada,Utah, and Arizona during half the 80’s and all of the 90’s.
The building boom was a direct result of illegal labor. Every residential building, and most of the commercial building was overflowing with cheap labor.
On commercial jobs in the 90’s, I watched starting wages for a journeyman metal framer go from 26 dollars an hour to 14 dollars an hour. The illegals learned the trade and were willing to work for 10 dollars an hour.
You could not find a supervisor or management job if you weren’t bi-lingual.
From a builder’s point of view. Illegal help is almost free. No insurance, no workman’s comp, no union headaches. Somebody gets hurt, they disappear because they have no papers. Somebody complains, ICE gets a phone call and the worker is rousted at his home in the middle of the night.
And it’s not just building. Look at the factory farms, and the meat packing business. Now that the latinos have moved up, most are now being taken over by africans and middle easterners.