Who did the low paying jobs before the Mexican Invasion ?
343869
Listen, please don't feel sorry for all of those low payed posistions in the fields which the mexicans do.  I don't know if you have heard of ceasar chavez, who was a good man who helped organize the ufw union along with dolores huerta who is still active.  I wish I knew all of the benefits recieved by the workers was when they unionized, but i only know that since then, their wages have gone up well above minimum wages for union workers.  I understand that 7.00 to 10.00 dollars an hour is not out of the park.
157153
None they came as slaves.
427922
a lot of people, paying low salaries
906042
Mexicans. they are honest hard working people.
628708
Minute-Men should start picking up vegetables, work on construction, and doing all the hard labor to keep immigrants from working. Instead of hearing whites saying that they can do all those jobs without the Mexicans I would like to see them actually doing those jobs. More action less words!
349695
The wage discepensy is such that they can earn 5 times as much money here then there.  Then they get on their cell phones speaking spanish and plan their return to mexico where they will live like kinds.
1151299
i m not surprised that you have no job may be you should try Europe since it so great. Mexicans have been in California and America for many thousands of years. if you dint like them then why are you here squatter.your family got so called legal status in a month , fraud  that's only because of the corruption in power.\nby the way their are way more Anglos here than native American so who is the trespasser. since you like analogies so much here one for you and your buddies\nif someone brakes into your house and land then claims its theirs because they have stolen it for along time. if they don't give it back they are guilty for the crimes the peoples did in the first place to attain it. so if your a new immigrant with no connection to the invaders of 1492 and their descendant then you have no say in this matter.
641951
Get you A S S in gear and go to work. Why do you think they pay you? No wonder everyone wants to hire Mexicans. They are not half so lazy.
1000013
The answer is easy ... our teenage children!  When I was a teenager, I mowed lawns, bailed hay, worked as a dishwasher and a short order cook.   \n\nI grew up in Illinois where most illegals were domestic help from the Philippines.  When my friends and I needed work we would do most of the stuff the illegals do in the Southwest. \n\nNow days, it's harder for teens to find jobs and the above listed jobs are beneath them!
505581
"Who, else is gonna help bring the crops in at 4.00 an hour and not complain? "  Since minimum wage is $5.15/hour, the farmers are breaking the law.\n\nIllegals draw welfare by stealing people's social security numbers and identities. That means there are a lot of people being directly hurt by these people as well. Innocent people are having their credit ratings ruined, having IRS problems, and social security problems. If someone who has had their social security number stolen gets married, if either spouse dies or become disabled then they can be denied their benefits. \n\nMy family moved to the US before WWII. Those of my family that didn't make it over got killed by the death camps. Our family assimilated to the American culture. We didn't expect the Americans to change to suit us. The illegal immigrants from Mexico are not civilized like that.\n\nThey not only changed the National Anthem to Spanish, they changed the words. They already burn our flag and hang our flag upside down. They waved the Mexican flag during a lot of their protests. Some schools have stopped hanging the American flag and forbidden students from wearing clothes with any part of the American flag on their clothing all to keep from offending the Mexicans. It's nothing short of an attack of our country, not only by the illegal aliens, but those who seek to appease them. \n\nI am tired of the stereotype that Americans wouldn't do the work that illegals do. Illegals do all kinds of jobs for less than minimum wage which drives the wages down for U.S. citizens. Construction jobs are an example. There are lots of illegals doing construction jobs that Americans used to do because the companies can keep more of the profits if they pay less for the workers. All that does is make companies wealthier and Americans poorer. Illegals are stealing jobs that Americans have done for years. \n\nIf you go to a country and refuse to assimilate, continuing to speak your own language then you are really not an immigrant -- you're a colonist ... and that's what the Mexicans are doing, they're colonizing the American Southwest as part of their "reconquista" Read about mecha in the link I provided and you'll see what the Mexicans real agenda is.\n\nhttp://www.americanpatrol.com/MECHA/MEChAindex.html
415662
Mexican illegals are almost in mayority poor people without education. People like these are always being taken advantage of by U.S. business owners getting the low paying jobs no american would accept, and by the Mexican goverment allowing them to travel in most cases risking their lives to the U.S. so that they earn some dollars and send them to their families. And sooner or later, directly or inderectly, mexican polititians get the money. Now that few dollars multiplied by millions of mexican workers becomes Mexico politiians´third largest income. \nThe illigal immigration is wrong, but it has been this way everywhere ever since there are borders; all rich countries have a poor neighbor, and they allways permit a number of "illegal immigrants" to cover all the unwanted jobs but when the immigrants become too many, then it becomes a problem. There is a price to pay if one wants a cheep labour force and the U.S. is paying it. White americans have not learned from the past, when they bought africans to be their cheap labour force once, and now they have had to learn to live with african americans, and that was the price. This time they permitted the Mexicans for cheap labour and now they they will have to learn to live with a large number of latin american immigrants. Now, remember that americans were illigal immigrants in the northern part of Mexico but with the help of a corrupt Mexican president payed a small sum, managed to keep all that territory that became California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. How much has the U.S. really gained from those states that were once Mexico??? Did Mexico not lose??\nNow, that is the way it is, and borders are the way they are,  but at least some U.S. citizens should not be so cruel when they talk about "illegal immigrants". These are just poor desperate people trying to survive economicaly since they have no posibility in their "pueblitos". A "funny" thing is that the cruelest comments I´ve read seem to be from descendants of poor immigrants.
1045875
Your question makes no sense to me. I remember years ago when living wages were not so high and you were actually given a wage to live within your means doing jobs like janitor work, landscaper, roofer, cooks, etc. Believe it or not, these all were considered good jobs in the 50's, 60's, 70's and even 80's. All the jobs that your people have taken over now claiming that these are jobs us snobbish, lazy, Americans no longer want. \n\nWhat has happened is that illegals starting coming in got paid under the table, and brought the wages down for these jobs and now it is out of control. These days you rarely see a non-hispanic, or US Citizen doing these jobs. \n\nWhat you are preaching is a lie told to you by your filthy presidente Vicente Fox and our moronous Bush. The smart American, patriotic working class people don't buy this bullsh*t for a second and don't think your pulling the wool over our eyes. Your nothing special, we don't owe you anything. You work 3 or 4 jobs like an animal not a human being and have hurt our proud hardworking American culture and everything we fought for. Go crawl back into your el holo.
874186
I run a shop in florida my boss used to start people out at 10$ an hour he layed off my crew and hired illegal mexacans at 7$ an hour he is a multi millionaire.The lumbaryard next to me has nothing but illegal immigrants thats where my boss got his the man that owns it bought an island in the bahamas and built a mansion on it he roofed the mansion with tounge and groove teak at a cost of about 200,000 dollars both men are considerd small buisnessmen by the U.S. goverment.I grew up in southern California and was always impressed with the illegals and how hard they worked and tried to become a part of the culture.I had to take up spanish because my crew has told me they should not have to learn english since my boss wanted spanish workers.My neighbors for 3yrs dont speak english but think its wonderfull that i am learning spanish.If anyone in this country thinks these are the mexicans of old they are badly mistaken they want everything America has to offer and are more than willing to work and sacrifice for it but they do not want to be american they do not want to add there culture to ours or emrace are traditions what they want is a complete illemination of the border and cheap labor will be a thing of the past.Mexico is a socialist country and they will do the same here.I keep hearing this is all about fear as if the things i have seen are anomalys twelve million people who will vote because they are not stupid will have a huge impact on the way this country is run.Hope this helps sorry it was so long
845793
Sorry.......no.  If you're refering to illegals that take low paying jobs or bid low on jobs...then they have done it to themselves.  I knew that would be the next line of doo-do.  They came here illegally and willingly took whatever job they wanted.  No one forced them.  They volunteered their services.  If there's "segragation" it's on their part for not wanting to assimilate in this country.  They seperate themselves with their language and all the talk about "their" people.  So that trip won't fly either.
184230
Probably pretty low, usually considered entry level job.
276692
I am sorry finding a better paying job is so difficult for you...I am surprised you wanted to see everybodies opinion on this as I am sure you will get a lot of negative results....I love working with the hispanics I work with...they are all very nice and pleasant to be around....plus they always have really good food and are almost always willing to share....as far as their help where I work at....I don't think we would have a shift to run without them....but don't expect to many white people to say that they can relate to you...remember there are a load of redneck racists out there and well...they took/stole the land from the indians almost wiping out a whole race in the process....and then they enslaved the africans because they were to damn lazy to do their own work....sorry I wish things were different....I really do
673082
After the Mexican-American War, the United States paid Mexico $15 million (the Treaty of Guadulupe Hidalgo) for what is now California, Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona, and parts of Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico.  Texas won its War of Independence from Mexico in 1836, and later joined the United States as a slave state in 1845.\n\nThe United States later purchased the southern portion of Arizona, as well as the panhandle portion of New Mexico, in 1853 (the Gadsden Purchase) for $10 million.