[A.A. Cunningham]

His future employer even paid $1,000 for a smuggler to help Vazquez make his way from the central Mexican city of Puebla to Aspen, Colo.

This was going on back in the 90s. Vail, Aspen, Beaver Creek, Steamboat, Edwards, Avon, et al were crawling with illegal aliens. Now they are all over the front range too "doing the jobs that Americans won't do" in the trades for a hell of a lot less money.

[tertiary01]

What are the trades from hell? I'll bet most were considered proper employment a generation ago.

[tertiary01]

Forget my comment I misread your post.

[Gabz]

Now they are all over the front range too "doing the jobs that Americans won't do" in the trades for a hell of a lot less money.

Tell me about it..........

My husband spent 25 years in construction, he's out of it now, but we still do the majority of our own work. We're currently reroofing and siding our house - it's been amazing how many able bodied young AMERICAN men have stopped by when they've seen us outside working, looking for work - because the local contractors are hiring illegals at lower rates than they were previously paying these guys.

I've actually had a couple stop when I've been out hoeing my field looking for work.........yup, jobs Americans won't do, my foot.