Originally Posted by
rickair7777
That's the problem, it's not really risky for employers.
We obviously have jobs for immigrants, but when we let in too many illegals we flood the lower-middle class job markets with artificially low cost labor. That screws some Americans who'd like those jobs, and also the rest of us who have to pay for the social programs that the employers and illegals are not paying for (via taxes).
It's not necessarily low-wage. Illegals have taken over sectors of construction by squeezing out the American labor. They now call the market on wages. At least where I live.