As one of his several endeavors, my brother owns a small pallet repair business in a small town.

He hires a few high school kids after school and on weekends and pays them 50 cents per repaired pallet which works out to about $10.00/hour.

One of his big competitors was hiring illegals at 25 cents per repaired pallet which works out to about $5.00 per hour. BELOW MINIMUM WAGE. On top of that, the big competitor wasn't paying Social Security, unemployment insurance, worker's compensation, or Medicaid. This put my brother at a 40 cent per pallet disadvantage when selling his product.

When the big competitor got raided by immigration officials, the local La Raza group went on TV and tried to justify it on the basis that no American workers were willing to rebuild pallets for 25 cents per pallet. BELOW MINIMUM WAGE.

The presence of illegal aliens not only takes jobs away from US citizens, it drives down wages, and puts lawabiding companies at a competitive disadvantage.

As long as we have illegal aliens in the country wages will drop and unskilled workers will work part-time for minimum wage.

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