You assume he didn’t try finding an other company or workers. You also assume that he didn’t hire a company and these are employees. Not every non English speaking worker is here illegally.
I AM HEARING FROM MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE SKILLED TRADES THAT, “NOBODY WANTS TO WORK” This is for work that pays well and offers the chance to learn a skill you can use just about anywhere. So if a job needs to get done and you can find hard working capable people to do the job and get it done on time and within budget it does not make sense to keep a job undone.
Honesty I am not too worried over the ones who come over here and work their tails off. They should of course be documented and temporary visas issued. I often thought a sort of exchange with Mexico and Central American countries should be implemented. In exchange for every 1 worker we send them three welfare lifers.
Around here I would hire a skilled illegal in a heartbeat since I can’t find a soul who wants to work and can do the work. I’d even brush up on my high school Spanish that was good enough to keep me fed and out of trouble when I worked in South America.
No, it is not about pay that I can’t get help before some on this site start squalling about that. I have always paid more than prevailing wage in line with my practice of never giving anyone the excuse of not being paid well enough to do a better than average job.
As for their tax status, giverment benefits and such subsidizing their income, I could not give a rat’s patoot. I may as well get something for my tax money and their paying taxes just feeds the waste, fraud and abuse. Every person around here on the dole that has the energy has a side job of some kind for cash and they often don’t work very hard.
I would like to see a decent worker visa program that is well regulated in concert with keeping citizens who can and want to work employed. That is only a dream though as it is only talked about for as long as I can remember. No politician wants it so we won’t have it.
Latinos can be very good help but you have to know what you are getting and what it costs and how to manage them if they are available. I just wish they were legal.