And that's where part of the culture change comes in. Those teens can no longer find the part-time menial but educational work so instead they spend their time _________? (fill in the blank with whatever fills the time of bored teens these days) How do they learn about the real world, find out what it's like to work for a living, if all those 'jobs that Americans won't do' are taken by immigrants? And while you're at it, kid, he's not only taking your place in the entry level job market, he's overtaking your language. Por Espanol...press 1, for English...press 2.
What I'm trying to say is we may be helping to lift up Mexico from its Third World Country status but it's being done at the expense of America being brought down. (Quite similar, actually, to 'bringing democracy to the Middle East' and other parts of the world while allowing socialism to creep into our own country, isn't it.)
I agree with you. Growing up in the mid 1980's, I had many different jobs from agriculture to restaurants. The people I currently work with, in a very liberal area, have very few of their children of age working. They somehow consider it beneath them. The teens in my area who DO want to work, however, have a hxll of a time finding opportunities at the entry level. I recall a woman at a local transit stop last winter trying to explain very loudly over her cellphone to her apparently liberal father why she couldn't find a job at the local fast food establishment. I see that at 20 she had learned quite a bit that her father had perhaps never grasped:)
I also agree with the poster that said that it isn't just an issue of Mexican citizens. Illegals, atleast in my area, come from each and every continent except Antarctica. I don't care where they came from, the fact is they are here illegally. If we decide we need an extra 20 million, I'd rather deport the 20 million illegally here and get a new 20 million who adhere to our laws and respect our sovereignty.