Posted on 09/05/2017 12:45:50 PM PDT by Hadean
HOUSTON — Everywhere Samuel Enríquez looks, he can see the work that needs to be done. But because he is in the United States illegally, he knows he can’t earn an official paycheck in this city’s recovery.
The carpenter from El Salvador sits on a curb outside a home improvement store, hoping a passer-by will offer $10 an hour to help rip out sewage-soaked carpets or rotting drywall. Having lived in the United States for a year, he believes Texas is as good a place as any to seek refuge, because that’s where the work is now, even if some government officials want him and others like him to leave the country.
“If they deport all of us, who will rebuild?” says Enríquez, 36, waiting along with about two dozen other laborers seeking work. “We do more for less.”
It will take an army of workers to reconstruct a vast swath of Southeast Texas, including the sprawling metropolis of Houston, that was devastated by Hurricane Harvey. Whether the region can do it without fully embracing workers like Enríquez will soon be put to the test — with reverberations that could be felt nationwide.
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Ping.
Give Mike Rowe 25 of these ‘Dreamers” for 6 weeks & see how many are still stand & how many will race to get back south of our border......
How about we rebuild legally? I know this is a strange concept, especially to democrats, but why not obey the law - just as an experiment?
Cut off the EBT and welfare payments for the able-bodied and there will be plenty of Americans to do the work.
Americans built this country. I think we can rebuild South Texas without the help of illegals.
That’s my sentiment.
I know! Let's try it and find out!
Yeah like the 300,000,000 Americans are helpless and cannot rebuild unless the heroic ‘immigrants’ show us the way....
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