[LS]

Now wait a minute. Not to be argumentative, but everyone here keeps arguing that the jobs we are "losing" are manufacturing jobs, not jobs that can be (or are) done by illegals. Most of these jobs are unionized jobs, and illegals could not begin to get them.

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

".....everyone here keeps arguing that the jobs we are "losing" are manufacturing jobs, not jobs that can be (or are) done by illegals. Most of these jobs are unionized jobs, and illegals could not begin to get them."

There are lots of illegals in Georgia working in the poultry processing plants.... is that considered "manufacturing"?..... I don't know, just a thought.

[LibertyAndJusticeForAll]

"Most of these jobs are unionized jobs, and illegals could not begin to get them."

Don't assume that manufacturing jobs are mostly union. The small to mid-sized manufacturing plants have been hit very hard, and are not necessarily union. Also, high-tech employees are not unionized, and that sector has also had big losses (some high tech is tied to manufacturing).
If illegals can vote, work, collect welfare, obtain driver's licenses and go to college, they sure can join a union. However, most businesses prefer to pay illegals under the table, bypassing taxes. Crossing the border illegally is just the first crime they commit.