[txroadhawg]

As the labor pool slowly dries up new people have the chance for these jobs. Young Americans who dont currently work, people not counted in unemployment statistics. Reduce welfare benefits and workers will be coming out of the woodwork. When the labor pool is reduced then wages go up to compensate. New immigrants are allowed in to fill the void. This is the way it's work for hundreds of years.

[varon]

As the labor pool slowly dries up new people have the chance for these jobs. Young Americans who dont currently work,.................. (My emphasis)

It wasn't but a few years ago when I could drive past construction sites and see young college age youngsters working on homes, roads and operating lawn care equipment (our property had a contract with a service that had almost an all girl crew :-) ). Now all I see are mostly Hispanics and the kids who once could earn part of their college tuition are now forced to take out larger student loans or deplete mom & dad's savings even more.

[AntiGuv]

Also take into account the pressure that illegals place on the healthcare and education systems as well as on public services. This creates economic drawbacks far disproportionate to their share of the population that everyone else has to shoulder by way of premiums and taxes, not to mention the reduced quality of healthcare and education.