[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.

[LS]

Let's be honest---in some states it's hard enough for a NON-ITALIAN to get some unionized jobs! :) I seriously doubt, and you should too, that any illegals are going to get any of these manufacturing jobs. They are high-skill jobs, and are not going to uneducated workers, let along non-Italians :)