Utterly incoherent. Assuming his correspondent's claim of being unable to get work is accurate, it is not because he is not Mexican.
It is because he demands wages higher than the market is paying for the services he is able to provide. If Mexicans are being hired for these jobs, it is because they will work for less, not because they are Mexicans.
It irritates me when people say they cannot find work, when what they really mean is they cannot find work they would like to do at a wage they would like to get. Two very different things. I've done some very unpleasant work for poor pay when necessary, but I've never been unemployed.
Well said!
Is that the abundancy of illegals working in many skilled and unskilled trades holds the wage down for anyone else.
It's often possible only because of pooled resources (and overcrowded apartments) which are not a part of typical American social organization.
Holding down those wages, by the way, also leaves a huge gap between entry level and that first step up the wage scale.
It has also cut off things like basic construction, many types of repair, and clerking, which were mainstays of the non-college educated wage earner.
It's interesting to see that the same unions that once drove wages upward to create a semi-skilled middle class are now embracing illegals to increase their numbers.