If Mexicans will do jobs in America that Americans won't do, why don't Mexicans do them in Mexico which is full of jobs that Americans won't do? just curious have fun and please leave the color of my skin out of this lol
2007-01-12 15:06:00 · 15 answers · asked by hayleylov 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Not a bad question!!! It's all a bunch of bull because I grew up doing all those jobs. Farm labor was all I knew growing up, as a matter of fact. As with all my friends. Mexicans have now taken over every construction site in and around my city as well. The ONLY reason they are being hired in place of us, is because they are willing to work for less money. Which is still more than they could make in Mexico doing the same job.
2007-01-12 15:29:16 · answer #1 · answered by Car Guy 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
To begin with..have you ever been to Mexico? Any part of it, really. The people working there range in jobs from scrubbing toilets to full fledged engineers just as in the United States. But guess what? The pay there is not NEARLY as much as you would think an engineer in the United States earns. Even those that are "educated" and have successful careers are not able to live a comfortable lifestyle. It is simply not the same as in the US. The same work one person may do in the United States will not earn nearly the same amount of pay that is given in Mexico. And, Mexico may have jobs, ok. But think about it, with a week's pay in the U.S. you earn roughly the same amount you would earn in a MONTH in Mexico for the same job. Some other comments here have enraged me a bit, but I'll stikc ot answering your question which quite simply is the large difference in wages.
2007-01-13 00:36:15 · answer #2 · answered by faye 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
First of all I would like for you to take a tour in Mexico. You have to understand that there are not enough jobs there, if any in some places. And those who do have jobs make 20 to 50 dollars in a week. I know for a fact by the way. So how are they supposed raise there family when they barely have enough for food. That is why they come here in search for a better life.
2007-01-12 23:40:53 · answer #3 · answered by gonzo 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The jobs in Mexico don't pay even near as much as a less than minimum wage job in America. They can't survive in Mexico with a Mexican job. One American minimum wage job will give a whole family in Mexico a chance to survive.
2007-01-12 23:18:54 · answer #4 · answered by sexmagnet 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I am sick of that EXCUSE they use to justify their crime.. Most of my life I worked as either a cashier (min wage) or CNA (a little more than min. wage) and to my knowledge I NEVER saw an illegal working those jobs..They are too hard.. However, I haev seen them doing construction, etc.that US citizens have done for years before they even came here.. I am not saying construction is not hard but it also pays US citizens $20 an hour or more.. I have never seen them flipping burgers either.. I wish for one day I could log on here and not see these excuses.. and again it's not just the jobs.. It's the fact that it's not declared so they can get all the welfare they want..and lets not even start with social security or health care..
2007-01-13 00:30:22 · answer #5 · answered by chilover 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I often wondered about the same thing myself !! And the only answer i can come up with is.. the American health care system is better then what Mexico has...
People need to check out there local laws and find out what some of them are getting once they get here. You would be shocked what some of them can get for free, that we as americans already have to pay for! ! ! and some of them get out of paying taxes for 7 years i've been told!!
2007-01-12 23:28:43 · answer #6 · answered by wj30_98 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is because in Mexico they also are using people from other countries to do the work at a lower cost.
2007-01-12 23:15:43 · answer #7 · answered by Chillin-it 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No free healthcare/housing in Mexico. Maybe they should be allowed to live in the U.S. and work in Mexico!!! I'm going to be the next presidente!!! Look out Texas!
2007-01-12 23:10:55 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Legal Mexicans have jobs that range from labor to Doctors. What are you talking about? illegal people(all races) usually take lower paying and more physical jobs. You don't already know this? In Mexico they do NOT pay enough for people to survive, that is why they come this way.
2007-01-12 23:20:03 · answer #9 · answered by KRH 3 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Hmmm...
Let's look at the other side of the story for a minute.
Are illegal immigrants really 'stealing' jobs from Americans? No. Throughout American history immigrants have been blamed for stealing Americans jobs. Before it was the 'legal' immigrants, NOW it's the 'illegal immigrants'. But, again, they are not stealing Americans jobs. Greedy American companies are GIVING the jobs to illegal immigrants. Then, shouldn't you be mad at the those companies?
2007-01-12 23:29:50 · answer #10 · answered by Miladi 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋