Scary stuff. I'm all for legal immigration and think legal immigrants who learn English and assimilate into our communities contribute a lot. Illegals - send them home.
In N. Va., just about every fast food place has migrant workers, illegals, whatever. They claim they're just doing the jobs Americans won't do. Hmmm. When I was a teenager I depended upon work on farms and in fast food restaurants to make a living. I wonder what our teenagers are doing for work now?
Illegal immigration hurts everyone at the bottom of the skills and education ladder.
They displace teens and college students.
They displace legal immigrants and citizens who have only a high school diploma or less.
They displace one or more of the spouses of legal first-generation immigrants who must usually take second, part-time low-skilled jobs to make ends meet in their early years here.
In every case, and in the industries where teens, college students, first-generation immigrants and those without a high-school diploma traditionally could find work; it is a declining possibility for them.