[JRochelle]

I read somewhere that 20 years ago the average pay per hour in a meatpacking plant was around 19.00 per hour.

Now its about 9.00.
All due to illegal workers.
Americans will do that work if the pay is enough. As far as prices, I sure haven't seen beef prices going down, even though employers are spending so much less on wages.

An example of jobs where illegals haven't brought the wages down yet is miners. One of the worst jobs ever. But American men and women do it every day because the pay is decent.

[Radix]

"I read somewhere that 20 years ago the average pay per hour in a meatpacking plant was around 19.00 per hour."

I once read that the best argument against democracy was a conversation with the average voter.