Is it true that immigrant's or illegal workers do the jobs that no Americans want to do?
609204
I'm sick of that race card too!!!  It's not that Americans won't do those jobs, it's just that they won't do them for as little money (which they shouldn't).  The reason that illegals work for so little is because they are illegal.  I'm sure that if you offered those jobs to homeless and unemployed Americans that they would accept.  And if they refuse to do that kind of work.... let them be homeless without any social services then.
972354
Are they....I dunno...what I do know is that do the job "Americans" wont and get paid pennies for it.  Plus employers take advantage of them and don't offer any type of medical or dental or anything.  Most of them work 10 times harder than any American in the US.  I don't think its right they don't pay taxes. It's unfair for us to assume they all want to be here without paying their dues, some do want to but can't.  I dunno, I can go either way on the subject but all I can say is that every American at some point in time was an illegal...heck...didn't we steal this country anyway?
411315
I think it is a myth that U.S. citizens won't do those jobs.  It's just that it is EXPENSIVE to live in the U.S., and making $3/hr (if that), doesn't cut it.  It's not that people won't do those jobs, it's that people CANNOT PAY THEIR RENT, FOOD AND UTILITY BILLS with that kind of money.\n\nThe only reason illegal immigrants get by doing it is because a lot of them share housing here in the U.S., and don't have to pay taxes on the money they make.  Imagine making minimum wage AND having taxes taken out by the gov't and trying to live on that here in the U.S.  It's practically impossible.\n\nWe do not think we're too good.  Lots of Americans do cleaning (which is dirty work), but they get paid enough (barely) to get by.  So is being a trash worker, but people do it because they can earn a living.  If farmers only want to pay between $3 and $5/hr to a worker, they know a U.S. Citizen CANNOT get by on that kind of money here.  \n\nNot only are employers paying illegal immigrants less than minimum wage, but they are not paying employment taxes on them (which is illegal, too), and the illegal immigrants are not paying income taxes to the gov't (also illegal).  If illegal immigrants were to live and work and pay taxes in the U.S., they would NOT be happy working for $3/hr. or even $5/hr.\n\nLet's see if their kids are happy making that kind of money?  I bet not, and they shouldn't be happy making that kind of money.
522764
Absolutely! If employers were (they are suppose to)made to check ss# and other forms of pos. ID and pay legal wages,americans would be more than willling to do the work the gov. claims they won't.I haven't known anyone who wants to be on WELFARE.
103353
Those citizens that are out of work are aware that there are jobs out there.  Employers hire whoever is qualified for the job.  If that person is a foreigner with an actual legal work Visa, more power to them!  Why don't you go worry about the illegal immigrants?\n\nI used to work in the welfare department.  Very few of those people were willing to take jobs and get off welfare.  I got disgusted with humanity working in that place, watching people sit on their butts and actually say no when offered jobs.  One person told me she was earning more in that welfare check than she would at a minimum wage job.\n\nSend your brother down here to New Orleans.  We'll put him to work.  Employers here can't get enough people to fill the job openings.
1013468
they are not taking jobs, Americans are only intimidated that the illegal immigrant can work harder and better when it comes to labor!!!
634634
Illegal aliens are NOT doing work Americans won't do. \nWhat jobs won't Americans do? \nAmericans still \n--clean their own houses, \n--do their own landscaping, \n--clean hotel rooms, \n--work in restaurants and fast food places, \n--paint houses, \n--DO CONSTRUCTION WORK, \n--work in airports, etc. - I Can Go ON And On\njust like we have the past 200 years before "our" government allowed these people to invade our country. \nThere are 18 million Americans who cannot find a job, so ILLEGAL Aliens who are coming here to work do so at peril to American workers By FALSELY DEPRESSING The Wage Rates\n\n5 Percent Of Our Workforce Are ILLEGAL Aliens\nThe Unemployment Rate In The U.S. RIGHT NOW is 4.7 Percent\nLets Do The Math\nDEPORT The ILLEGAL Aliens\nUnemployment Drops To ZERO \n\nWithout illegal aliens, the price of agricultural products and other goods and services will NOT soar. \nThe definitive study on this subject is the University of Iowa's "How Much Is That Tomato?" \nThe study concludes that 'since labor is such a small component of the end-price of agricultural products \n(which includes price to the growers, transportation costs, processing /storage costs, grocers' profit, etc.), \nusing minimum wage workers instead of illegal aliens would increase prices of agricultural products \nby approximately 3 percent in the summer and 4 percent in the winter ... \nhardly the making of $10 heads of lettuce, $25 hamburgers, $1,000 per night Days Inn hotel rooms like the pro-illegal alien lobby claims. \n\nConsumers are NOT benefiting from lower labor costs. \nAgain, it's CEOs and business owners who benefit from taxpayer subsidies for their illegal alien workers. \nThe Big Three automakers say they moved so many jobs to Mexico because their labor costs are 80 percent less than in America. \nAnybody notice the price of new cars spiraling downward under NAFTA? I Havent\n\nIt is time we take back our country. This is a very real problem and we had better stand in unison against this threat to our national security.
567375
Just exactly what jobs are these people taking away from Americans?  Picking in the field?  Washing dishes?   I don't see too many Americans lining up to do those jobs... most of them that are available for this kind of work are too busy sitting on street corners asking for money.  \n\nLazy bastards.
211349
Contact the Immigrations office near you or your local police department should be able to direct you in the proper direction.  Do not get too discouraged if they do not respond very quickly as they are head over heals in backlogged work.  Illegal Aliens is a big issue with the American Public, however as with everything else we do not hire enough people to get the job done properly.  The saddest part of this is that Illegal Aliens do take American Jobs, however they are the Jobs that Americans won't take themselves and need to be done in order for our economy to work properly.  The Illegal Alien is paid less than an American would be paid and are happy to get it.  The way they are treated here in America you would think that they would be happy to be deported and get away from us.
4775
Illegal aliens are certainly working in America.  More importantly, they are almost all working at wages far below minimum wage.  \n\nAre they taking jobs from Americans?  If there were no illegal immigrants, there would probably be jobs available at minimum wage, but some of the jobs would simply not exist.  In addition, many products and services would probably cost more, which reduces demand for the services.  \n\nSince economics is a dynamic system, it's hard to say just how many jobs would be available to legal residents if all of the illegal residents were shipped out.*  However, there would be a lot fewer legal residents that would be taking criminal advantage of other human beings, which is certainly a worthwile goal.\n\n*My great-grandparents had a restaurant that went out of business when all the illegals were transported back to Mexico.
629334
I don't think the immigrants are taking anything from us. They come and work for what they have just like you and me. Just like you and me, they do jobs not many others will do. They stand uder the hot sun for hours picking tomatoes for us, and working in hard jobs for low wages, practically below minimum wages just like you and me. of course there are some who have fake i.d., but don't deny some americans here lie about their jobs, and not having cars, and everything else just to get medicaid, or social security for disability, or those who don't have to pay taxes. It's all over america, done by americans. Therefore immigrants or no immigrants, someone will alway be "tacking from us".
302458
no ...the illegals have come in and taken a lot of unskilled and low paying jobs denying them to our kids and entry level workers...\nremember..its always easier to get a better job when you have a job...thats called moving up\nwhen you are denied that entry level job..where do you start..??
595289
No, because people that hire undocumented workers would not be interested in hiring as they don't pay standard wage's to Illegals. I think that they should be arrested and put in jail where they belong.
511243
Because the pro-illegals and anti-Americans want to paint American citizens as lazy trash. Americans will do the work that they used to be allowed to do if the illegals didn't keep stealing the jobs by undercutting and depressing the wages. \n\nSince I have applied for the jobs that Americans supposedly refuse to do and I'm an American then it's obviously false. The only reason I am not doing work as a maid, for example, is because they REFUSED to hire me and hired illegal invaders in my place. Then they spin it around to try to blame me and others like me who they've refused to hire. It's like the people who say the Holocaust never happen spin it and say the Jews are the villians. Just a bunch of spin by liars who cannot keep their arguments straight.
266923
I don't think so. Whose gonna do the unwanted jobs then? Easy for some people to say yes but they wouldn't dare do the jobs these people do. Did you ever think that some of these people came here legally to be able to support their families but majority of them ended up being abused by their employers so they ended up illegals? I have heard a lot of stories and verified them. Some of the bad things that happened to them were done by by our fellow Americans and you talk of having electric fences? What's the matter with you? I bet your ancestors would love to hear your comments when they came here as immigrants too. If they'd have known what the future generation would be maybe they would have aborted you.
683622
Do you want to wash dishes and mop floors for $7 a hour?  They come here and do the jobs that the lazy Americans do not want to do.  They do the jobs that the useless people sitting at home on welfare and say they can't get jobs should be doing.  If all the useless welfare recipients of this country went out and got jobs then there would not be any jobs here for immigrants and they would not come here.  So don't get mad at them for taking the opportunity to do what the lazy Americans do not want to do.
417207
yes because no wants to do it now because of outsourcing so that means that more jobs will be available for Americans