[Little Ray]

Dunno about these days, but when I was a teenager and a college student, I was doin' a lot of the jobs illegals do. I mowed lawns, worked as a handyman at a country club and an "assisted living facility", worked as a security guard, washed dishes, worked in the store room at restaurant, etc.

I have to believe that there are folks who will do the jobs if the price is right.

[wmfights]

"Dunno about these days, but when I was a teenager and a college student, I was doin' a lot of the jobs illegals do. I mowed lawns, worked as a handyman at a country club and an "assisted living facility", worked as a security guard, washed dishes, worked in the store room at restaurant, etc"
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I can only tell you about first hand experience. We run ads for Janitors in apartment buildings and don't indicate what the pay will be. We almost never get a call from a native born American. In real estate construction in this large Midwestern city you can't find native born Americans at the entry level jobs.

I had the same experience you did doing odd jobs growing up. The youth today don't have the same work ethic in my area of the country.

[antceecee]

There are young Americans who would do the jobs. Not only for the right price, but if they could even have a prayers chance of being hired. Look through the paper, most jobs require bi-lingual Spanish speaking applicants. That eliminates a lot of American workers.
They wouldn't need to be bi-lingual if they would hire legal citizens.