As an observer with a front row seat at Ground Zero of the effects of decades of excessive immigration, I have some observations to share:
Immigrants aren't just here picking crops and scrubbing toilets anymore. Not by a long shot.
Once upon a time in California I remember entry level jobs, and affordable housing. As Mexican immigration increased, I couldn't help to notice that those things seemed to decrease proportionally. I watched it happen.
There is no labor shortage. When large labor intense companies (FedEx as only one example of thousands) stop treating their blue-collar workers like garbage, then you will know there is truly a labor shortage.
If you think that any savings that companies realize due to cheap immigrant labor are being passed to the consumer, I've got ocean front property in Arizona to sell you.
Companies like FedEx also aren't hiring undocumented workers. Higher wages also lead to higher prices for consumers. Everyone likes the thought of made in America they just don't want to pay for it.
Based on Trump's plan on tariffs, if anyone has been eyeing that black Friday deal on a Hisense or TCL TV you better grab it this year.
I will keep using Mexicans as an example because it's what I'm most familiar with.
They aren't stealing any glamorous jobs.
Are you kidding me? If we seriously got rid of all the undocumented workers entire sectors in the food industry would struggle, from pig and egg farms to slaughterhouses for beef.
So with these jobs they aren't exactly taking desirable homes off the market either. A lot don't even stay year round.
My point was Hispanics didn't vote for Trump because of any immigration policy, they voted on the economy period. Like a lot of people did.
If Trump doesn't come through on the economy, he is going to start to fall out of favor with a lot of voters pretty fast.
