Funny but I do have an immigration story, now that you ask.
My lawn people are from Ecuador, as are many illegals here in chicken industry Delaware. His name is Beelow.....at least that’s how he pronounces.
He works all day then does lawns after work. I send him text messages because he does not speak English all that well. I happen to know he’s illegal because he has no driver’s license although Delaware is doing that illegal thing where they give the illegals “identification” licenses.
Whatever.
Yeah, I hired an American to do my yard but HE hired Mexicans to do the work, bah humbug.
I like Beelow, he does a wonderful job, he mows, he uses an edger to go around the gardens, trees an objects, and uses a leaf blower to clean all around, including deck, driveway and front porch. Please don’t forget I got that horrid daughter’s lawn to upkeep as she is living, proudly, IN
A HOMELESS SHELTER, I am so proud of her. Still awaiting the family court to overturn their nonsense but I paid for it no mind that daughter-turd of mine wrecked it, stripped it of appliances, painted gruesome pictures on the walls. The family court shall “protect” her from the likes of me.
So the other day Beelow brings his son. Little tyke, four or five years old. I see this little guy pushing a lawn mower from daughter’s house to mine.
So Beelow does all this work and meanwhile his little kid is being real good, playing in the driveway. So I go out and ask him to help me roll the trashcan up the driveway. There is a handle on the front of this thing so I am, technically, pulling it while Jodie....Beelow tells me son’s name, thinks he’s really pushing it.
After all done I call Jodie over and give him a five dollar bill. He was so happy though Beelow rolled his eyes but nudged son to thank me.
And so I ponder. How would a hard-working Beelow get to America if things were right and he could get in without sneaking in? Because I think Beelow and Jonah would be terrific American citizens if they could get a chance.
Anyway, do not answer this.....I know it’s complicated. I tell this story because this is how us Americans get buffaloed. We got hard-working and sweet Beelow mowing our lawns because no Americans will do it. And cute little Jodie looks like he’ll grow up to be a hard worker.
Obviously I don’t have the answers. What I DO know is that the system we have now does not work.
Unless you generously contributed to the Clinton foundation.
BS. If we didn't have such a surplus of labor, there would be higher wages and Americans would do it. In fact, Americans are doing it now. There are very few jobs in America where immigrants are the majority of the labor force.
Are There Really Jobs Americans Won’t Do?
This analysis tests the often-made argument that immigrants do only jobs Americans don't want. If the argument is correct, there should be occupations comprised entirely or almost entirely of immigrants (legal and illegal). But Census Bureau data collected from 2009 to 2011, which allows for detailed analysis of all 472 separate occupations, shows that there were only a handful of majority-immigrant occupations. Thus, there really are no jobs that Americans won't do. Further, we estimated the share of occupations that are comprised of illegal immigrants, and found that there are no occupations in which the majority of workers are illegally in the country.
Of the 472 civilian occupations, only six are majority immigrant (legal and illegal). These six occupations account for 1 percent of the total U.S. workforce. Moreover, native-born Americans still comprise 46 percent of workers even in these occupations.
Many jobs often thought to be overwhelmingly immigrant (legal and illegal) are in fact majority native-born:
Maids and housekeepers: 51 percent native-born
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs: 58 percent native-born
Butchers and meat processors: 63 percent native-born
Grounds maintenance workers: 64 percent native-born
Construction laborers: 66 percent native-born
Porters, bellhops, and concierges: 72 percent native-born
Janitors: 73 percent native-born