[Siamese Princess]

Another example of illegal aliens are taking American jobs. Funny thing, even though many home builders are hiring poorly-paid (and without benefits) webacks, the cost of new housing continues to skyrocket.

[snopercod]

A couple of years ago before I lost my job as an residential electrician, I was making $15 per hour. The boss was charging $60 per hour for my time.

[Jhensy]

Yep, seems like everyone here in Westchester County, NY, has a Jose or Jorge digging their ditches, building their decks, etc.

[dawn53]

We had some major construction work done at our home over the course of 6 months.

All our contractors were white, with white employees, with the exception of the concrete guys (who poured the footings), they were black, and the roofing guys, most were Hispanic, but the owner of the company which is a rather large local company is Hispanic also, so that didn't surprise me.

I have difficulty believing that illegals can obtain the license necessary to do work that is okayed and overseen by city code inspectors.

Maybe if you don't have to work with "city code enforcement" (which is a major pain), you could get away with unlicensed contractors and employees, but it all seemed pretty tightly managed, at least in our city.