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Originally Posted by John Atkinson
I agree, besides, I think the opening story presents an inaccurate scenario. I don't see Jose Illegal making $15.00 an hour. Maybe picking fruit for $3.00 an hour.
People who hire undocumented workers do so because they are easily exploitable, which means they will pay them the absolute minimum they can get away with.
I also don't think "free" services for undocumented laborers are as accessible as the anecdote implies.
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I agree. Most construction workers (at least around my area) do not get paid that much. The brick masons or machinery operators might, but the regular ole joe who is there as a helper and to do the hard manual labor generally makes much less. Now if the legal citizen makes much less than 25 dollars an hour, then the illgeal citizen probably makes between 3-6 dollars an hour. Or more likely they pay them by how many blocks get laid or something along those lines.