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And then there’s the wider economy: the landscapers, construction companies, hotels, meat factories and farms of America that are utterly dependent on undocumented workers. If legal workers could be found they’d have to be paid a whole lot more which would screw up the economy and any chance of re-election.
I beg to differ on this. A few years ago (3-4) a roomer got around that there was going to be a raid at some restaurant's here in town to get illegals and deport them. So the logical thing happened no one showed up for work. Within an hour the were lines at the restaurants. Not for food but for jobs. Every position was filled in 1 day by Legal immigrant's and citizens.
Probably wouldn't happened today our unemployment is one of the lowest in the country. Yet the fact remains the positions currently filled by illegals can, would, and should be filled by legal immigrants and citizens.