sf wrote:

> I agree, Blake. There are people everywhere who want to shift the
> blame. In this case, unemployed legals are looking down on employed
> illegals who took jobs they wouldn't take.
>
> If they won't work for less than $$, then the job is open to someone
> who is willing to work at that salary and don't cry a river about "job
> stealing". Jobs are taken, not stolen.

For over 20 years, I was a partner in a landscaping company and our
employees were Hispanic. It would have been nice to hire people who
spoke English, people we could easily converse with, but they never
applied. It is hard to give a job to someone who does not want it. This
is why we will never get rid of "illegals" in the US. The Hispanics do
not work cheap, either. Our starting wage, for someone to mow grass was
$9.00 per hour, which is higher than minimum wage.

We keep talking about "legals" and "illegals". Our workers had social
security cards or green cards, every one of them. I can not guarantee
the SS cards were legit, but we paid our taxes quarterly.

Becca