Reply #21: There...you said it...bingo.

[Dr. Jones]

I was SAYING - that few whites WANTED to do the type of work we were hiring FOR. Except those who couldn't get a job anywhere else anyways.

This is really the crux of it. Americans have been working in construction, agriculture, trucking, and factories for YEARS now. But these industries have also provided a valuable cushion for the middle-class: You knew if you were laid off, you could always find work in one of these AMERICAN industries.

But now, these industries have been overrun by lower-paid illegals, and thus desperate-for-work Americans, who WOULD do these jobs if they could, are now LOCKED OUT. They no longer have this cushion because a cheaper, non-American workforce is already in place. So in times of trouble, well, the American middle class is now up a raging river without a paddle if they face hard times. And I don't think that's fair to anyone.