tequila4kapp said:
Every time I've seen it on tv they say they are going after criminals first or they are starting with criminals. That means its no surprise that regular illegal aliens are next.
In the past week we've seen reports of raids that have captured people working assorted construction jobs. Those are not fruit picking or house cleaning jobs that Americans won't do. These are just give aways to people that should not be here. Get them out of the country.
Agreed. The priority is violent felons, and there are also others who have been deported multiple times with lower level crimes that are playing immigration games. They're being deported as well. We have 35 - 50 million here. A side benefit is housing should become more available (less Demand), and prices could stabilize.
Careers like construction are difficult because it's been under attack for four decades or more, and Americans rightly saw their career path as tenuous - unless they were self employed - say an electrician, plumber, or GC. Many were pushed out.
A neighbor in SoCal was a roofer (African American), home owner, raised four law abiding daughters. Pillar of the community. In the 1980s he was working a new housing tract in Orange County, and three trucks full of Mexicans pulled up on a Tuesday. The lead guy asked for the Superintendent, and offered to roof the tract for HALF the price of the American unionized crew. He took the deal, and told the Americans they could go home - and they would be paid through Friday. The Americans refused the 'handout' - they worked through Friday and were then laid off.