Do illegal immigrants really take jobs from American workers?
Yes, they do. There is no doubt that to many native-born U.S. workers illegal immigrants represent competition, plain and simple. The economic platitude that immigrants take jobs no American would do expressed by both President Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox is only partly true. Many Americans wait tables, wash dishes, mop floors and lay bricks for a living. In fact, more than 80 percent of jobs in the farming, cleaning, construction and food preparation sectors jobs usually associated with illegal immigrants are held by native-born Americans. Out of 473 job classifications, as assigned by the Center for Immigration Studies, just four are made up predominately by illegal immigrants: stucco masons, tailors, produce sorters and beauty salon workers. Which is a fancy way of saying there arent many jobs that American workers wont do. 2. But arent there some crucial American industries that rely heavily on immigrant workers? Absolutely. Slightly less than half of Americas farm worke
