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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5400840" data-attributes="member: 24302">Don&#039;t necessarily have to be white.&nbsp; Which group gets disproportionately affected by illegal labor?&nbsp; Read a black guy&#039;s post a few years back.&nbsp; Said blacks in Atlanta used to do just about all the construction work.&nbsp; Said now drive by any construction site and it&#039;s all illegal labor.&nbsp; The illegals do the work for considerably less.&nbsp; May be the case in Southern California that whites have substance abuse problems.&nbsp; But there are areas of the country where most people are white.&nbsp; Cities where the majority are black.&nbsp; And just about nationwide lower skilled yard work and higher paying construction jobs are filled with illegal labor.&nbsp; It puts more money in the pockets of the companies who hire them if you want to talk about hypocrisy.&nbsp; I was working in the Texas Panhandle back in about 2007 if I remember right when INS raided a Swift meat packing plant in Plainview.&nbsp; Over 1000 illegal employees were arrested.&nbsp; Average pay for them was about $8hr with no benefits.&nbsp; But Swift got tipped off that the raid was going to happen.&nbsp; They started advertising for workers offering over $12hr with medical, dental, and paid vacations.&nbsp; They had the people necessary to quickly replace the illegals and keep the operation going.&nbsp; It&#039;s not that the companies necessarily can&#039;t pay better and offer competitive wages, for many it&#039;s about making more profit.&nbsp; Offering higher pay that locals need to make their obligations demonstrated that in areas like Plainview where decent paying jobs are hard to come by locals are willing to do the work if the pay and benefits are there.&nbsp; So the one-size-fits-all Americans won&#039;t do the work, are too lazy, have substance abuse issues doesn&#039;t apply to every city, every town, every job.&nbsp; Depends very much on local circumstances.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5400840, member: 24302"] Don't necessarily have to be white. Which group gets disproportionately affected by illegal labor? Read a black guy's post a few years back. Said blacks in Atlanta used to do just about all the construction work. Said now drive by any construction site and it's all illegal labor. The illegals do the work for considerably less. May be the case in Southern California that whites have substance abuse problems. But there are areas of the country where most people are white. Cities where the majority are black. And just about nationwide lower skilled yard work and higher paying construction jobs are filled with illegal labor. It puts more money in the pockets of the companies who hire them if you want to talk about hypocrisy. I was working in the Texas Panhandle back in about 2007 if I remember right when INS raided a Swift meat packing plant in Plainview. Over 1000 illegal employees were arrested. Average pay for them was about $8hr with no benefits. But Swift got tipped off that the raid was going to happen. They started advertising for workers offering over $12hr with medical, dental, and paid vacations. They had the people necessary to quickly replace the illegals and keep the operation going. It's not that the companies necessarily can't pay better and offer competitive wages, for many it's about making more profit. Offering higher pay that locals need to make their obligations demonstrated that in areas like Plainview where decent paying jobs are hard to come by locals are willing to do the work if the pay and benefits are there. So the one-size-fits-all Americans won't do the work, are too lazy, have substance abuse issues doesn't apply to every city, every town, every job. Depends very much on local circumstances. [/QUOTE]

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