re: Obama's Immigration Speech: Whatcha think?

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I work in the construction industry, 95% of Americans (white or black) are ridiculously lazy. If an illegal came in and took the job of a "hard working" American then the American either was dumb, lazy or just sorry at his job. Why would an employer replace a guy that has been loyal to him and works hard with another guy unless he is unhappy with something?

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I also work in the construction industry, maybe all you have ever worked around are illegals that have not been here very long. The ones I know that have been here a while are not busting their arse at all. As for the reason the American workers got replaced, it was speed. Back in the late 90's early 2000's business was booming and speed became a factor for builders.Illegals would do the job for around the same price but had 2-3 times the workers on the job.It had nothing to do with Americans being lazy or stupid, it was all about illegals willing to work cheaper as individuals because they would all pile into one van and most likely lived under one roof.Making 10 times what they could at home (Mexico in this case) and 15 guys living in a single wide, it's hard to compete with those guys