Yes. This has always been the case. Remember the slogan "jobs Americans don't want"? Typically it's applied to farm labor jobs. The truth of the matter is that those employers don't want Americans because their working conditions are deplorable. Immigrants typically live in labor camps where freedoms are restricted and basic sanitation is not met. Americans would force them to increase their expenses through better conditions and higher wages.
On the flip side is that the government is paying a not insubstantial number of Americans competitive incomes for low wage labor positions. Why make $290 a week making minimum wage minus the travel and misc. expenses when you can make $245 a week with current unemployment sitting at home? It makes zero economic sense. In all seriousness if I were fired and could claim unemployment I'd probably take a 3 to 6 month vacation.
Yes. This has always been the case. Remember the slogan "jobs Americans don't want"? Typically it's applied to farm labor jobs. The truth of the matter is that those employers don't want Americans because their working conditions are deplorable. Immigrants typically live in labor camps where freedoms are restricted and basic sanitation is not met. Americans would force them to increase their expenses through better conditions and higher wages.
On the flip side is that the government is paying a not insubstantial number of Americans competitive incomes for low wage labor positions. Why make $290 a week making minimum wage minus the travel and misc. expenses when you can make $245 a week with current unemployment sitting at home? It makes zero economic sense. In all seriousness if I were fired and could claim unemployment I'd probably take a 3 to 6 month vacation.