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You assume available jobs are located near where teenagers live? In many cases the jobs are located in remote areas with small populations (most agricultural wo

You assume available jobs are located near where teenagers live? In many cases the jobs are located in remote areas with small populations (most agricultural work). Also, I want mine and your teenagers to be studying and preparing for their futures. These are jobs with limited upside, for the most part.

yummyfajitas 10y ago
These jobs aren't located near where Mexicans live either - they are actually on the wrong side of a heavily policed border in an entirely different country.
- taneq 10y ago
  I'm not sure I agree with the whole chain of logic, but at this point is seems fair to point out that the Mexicans aren't enrolled at a university that requires them to turn up for classes.
swiftisthebest 10y ago
Your concept of who illegal immigrants are and what they do is completely fabricated by media influences whose incentives are not your own. It is false. See here: http://www.pewhispanic.org/2015/03/26/chapter-1-occupations-of-unauthorized-immigrant-workers/ http://www.pewhispanic.org/2015/03/26/chapter-1-occupations-... Learning discipline and the value of hard work is infinitely more important than learning things that are easily Googlable in out-dated high school curriculums.
melling 10y ago
There's no need to assume anything because the article states the kind of workers needed: "hospitality, construction and agriculture, " Agriculture is mentioned, of course, but it's seasonal. Two months out of the year? What jobs do you do for the other 10 months?
- merpnderp 10y ago
  When I was a kid I did pipeline work during summer breaks. Lots of kids are out of school during harvest season, one of the major reasons for kids even having school breaks.
JaphyRyder 10y ago
The OP probably meant summer jobs. I worked on farms and cut grass at a country club no where near my house. Saved enough money to buy my first computer and teach myself some code. I was hired because I spoke Spanish (took it in middle/high school) and could translate.
smileysteve 10y ago
In Georgia, we implemented immigration laws and neither the juveniles or prisoners would pick crops for both minimum wage and reduced sentences.
- wushupork 10y ago
  And that's the issue. Immigrants gladly do the work that Americans won't do.

yummyfajitas 10y ago

These jobs aren't located near where Mexicans live either - they are actually on the wrong side of a heavily policed border in an entirely different country.

taneq 10y ago
I'm not sure I agree with the whole chain of logic, but at this point is seems fair to point out that the Mexicans aren't enrolled at a university that requires them to turn up for classes.

swiftisthebest 10y ago

Your concept of who illegal immigrants are and what they do is completely fabricated by media influences whose incentives are not your own. It is false. See here: http://www.pewhispanic.org/2015/03/26/chapter-1-occupations-of-unauthorized-immigrant-workers/ http://www.pewhispanic.org/2015/03/26/chapter-1-occupations-... Learning discipline and the value of hard work is infinitely more important than learning things that are easily Googlable in out-dated high school curriculums.

melling 10y ago

There's no need to assume anything because the article states the kind of workers needed: "hospitality, construction and agriculture, " Agriculture is mentioned, of course, but it's seasonal. Two months out of the year? What jobs do you do for the other 10 months?

merpnderp 10y ago
When I was a kid I did pipeline work during summer breaks. Lots of kids are out of school during harvest season, one of the major reasons for kids even having school breaks.

JaphyRyder 10y ago

The OP probably meant summer jobs. I worked on farms and cut grass at a country club no where near my house. Saved enough money to buy my first computer and teach myself some code. I was hired because I spoke Spanish (took it in middle/high school) and could translate.

smileysteve 10y ago

In Georgia, we implemented immigration laws and neither the juveniles or prisoners would pick crops for both minimum wage and reduced sentences.

wushupork 10y ago
And that's the issue. Immigrants gladly do the work that Americans won't do.