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>The US clamped down on Mexican border crossings. Now, the border is more porous than ever. There's plenty of labor -- go to any home improvement store parkin
by masonic 4y ago
>The US clamped down on Mexican border crossings.
Now, the border is more porous than ever. There's plenty of labor -- go to any home improvement store parking lot. And that's just the illegal labor -- boost wages and you could recapture legal workers.
But for now, go to any construction site in California, and you'll hear only Spanish spoken between the carpenters, roofers, etc. and their supervision.
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoThose people were around in 2020 (outside Home Depot here in Seattle) but are all gone now. I guess they are all just really busy rather than being deported or something. I wouldn’t assume all or even most labor on constructions sites are illegal immigrants just because they speak Spanish, if only because the USA has a lot of legal first-gen Hispanic immigrants.
- Spooky23 4y agoSo the angry man on the radio says. Back here on earth, roofers are making $36/hr. My brother’s restaurant is paying $28-32/hr for line cooks and dishwashers.