Thread: Some employers sweating crackdown on undocumented worker

Some employers sweating crackdown on undocumented workers

Friday, August 24, 2007

By Mike Copeland

Tribune-Herald business editor

Abel Chavez owns a roofing company in Waco and worries the crackdown on illegal immigration may cost him employees.

“These guys working for me, most are here legally, but some are not,â€

Everything this article points to is a simple resetting of the markets and economy. What I am saying is that the illegals have created the growth and need for more workers to begin with. California builds a new elementary school at the rate of about 1 a day -that's well over 300 schools! Now think about the number of workers just building the schools, teachers/counselors needed for those schools, maintenance/custodial workers for those schools, etc. The parents of those kids will need a place to live so soon apartments/housing are built close to the school -who will build those apartments -more workers needed. Soon restaurants, stores and other shops are built to cater to the people who live near the school -more workers needed. And it just goes on and on...

This is true Expendable. If our economy and markets are at a certain level, according to the overall population, then when all of the illegal aliens are gone, the needs will go down with the lowered production of certain products, homes, produce and so on. It will all match the needs of the population again.

[quote]Billy Johnson keeps track of immigration issues because he owns Johnson Roofing and hires many Hispanics. He says he admires their work ethic. Many times the alternative would be a “big-bellied couch potatoâ€