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Originally Posted by Bubba It's not just Excel and Dodge City I was talking about. They come over here and take many construction jobs too. Look back at a recent thread about the Walmart construction site and all the illegals that the contractor had working for him. Those illegals were taking away jobs that Americans would and could fill. It's just that the employer chose to hire an illegal to fill some of those positions and I'm sure the illegals weren't making as much money as the legal workers working next to them. By hiring the illegals at a lower wage means that more profits go in the corporate coffers. | Can't disagree with you on that point. It's just a double edged sword though. What about THE jobs no one wants to do? That's why a guest worker program of some type might be OK.
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