Although it has been painfully obvious for DECADES to clear-headed people such as ourselves, for some reason the fact that illegal immigrants under-bid for jobs in certain industries, and unfairly depress wages has been ignored, denied, or even outright ridiculed.

But the turkeys have come home to roost, people. Today, two very surprising (to some, strangely) statistics are being trumpeted throughout the media:

http://www.qsrweb.com/article.php?id=10 ... 66&page=58

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1204551 ... lenews_wsj

Never mind the broader implications to the economy (and near criminal blind eying of these events by the media), the downturn is upon us. Whether it's a recession, depression, or "other", what we can certainly count on is that these two industries, restaurants and construction, bellwethers for the state of illegal immigration as a whole, are about to get their bell rung.

And motels, lawn care and others are not far behind.

So who do you think they're going to lay off? The legal workers they have to pay (at least) the minimum wage to, plus taxes and Social Security? Or the illegal immigrant who warrants none of that?

Well, seeing as that the Federal Government tacitly endorses this wholesale law breaking, a business with less-than-perfect scruples who wants to stay competitive would surely keep the illegal workers, and fire the legal ones.

Sadly, it’s a no brainer for some.

But here's where it gets interesting. At the same time these industries are shrinking (and rightfully so for construction), Americans are beginning to lose jobs in other industries. And all of a sudden these “fallbackâ€