Reply #22: Illegal labor is bad for American labor...

[MellowDem]

The people that benefit the most from it are the company owners and the rich. Americans in general suffer from it. Unless you think that sending all of our jobs to China is a good idea too, just so we can have cheaper products.

I've seen cities that were fairly nice become Hispanic ghettos as well, so I'm having a hard time believing that illegal immigration is such a great thing that only revitalizes areas. Illegal immigrants are treated as a second class citizens and are easily exploited. I have a problem with that. But a lot of people who only think about how it's nice they get cheap stuff because of it don't really care about that.

Let's say you were a drywaller whose company went out of business because you could no longer compete with illegal labor without dropping wages significantly. I'm guessing you'd be singing a different tune.

There's a reason neoliberals and the wealthy just love themselves some illegal immigration. It's all part of the continued destruction of the middle class and having the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

Those with money would rather have cheaper products than having to pay more for things so that more Americans could have jobs that actually pay a good living wage.

The reason some people think that food service or any other job lacks dignity is because they are paid so poorly. If they were paid a living wage, they would have dignity. Illegal immigration is just another way for corporations not to have to pay a living wage to employees. The best excuse they have is that no other Americans want to do the job, which is the biggest bullshit ever, considering it is that no American want to do a low-wage job with horrible labor safety or consideration for workers rather than the actual job itself. Americans have higher expectations after years of having fought for better pay and good labor practices. But Republicans are trying to kill those high expectations and are largely succeeding.