Why do I never get an answer to the above question?
Why do I never get an answer to the above question?>>
because I was at lunch?
The fact that many day laborers stand around looking for day labor (duh) has absolutely no bearing on whether or not they are marginally employed.
The fact is, before the great society programs of the 60's I used to ride with my dad down to a designated spot in our home town to pick up day laborers then, as well. Unemployment was under 6% during those times. Unemployment is under 5.4% now.
Your arguemnt will have validity when and ONLY WHEN you see immigrants stop coming because (fanfare) PEOPLE ONLY COME TO LOOK FOR JOBS WHEN THERE ARE JOBS TO BE HAD. If there was no work for them, they would not waste the time and energy to get here, just like I am not going to move to Uzbekisatan looking for a $250,000 a year job managing a widget factory. Why? CAUSE IT AIN'T THERE. Now, if there were an ABUNDANCE of jobs paying a quarter of a mil over there, I might think about moving. So with Mexicans. They will quit coming when there are no more jobs to be had. Since most Mexicans are poor, poorly educated and unable to do highly trained specialties, they will continue to dominate the construction trades, the lower paid service jobs, and the like.