Do Mexicans really take jobs away from Americans?

first let me ask you, do you really want the jobs that the mexicans are doing,like working in a chicken processing faculity? will you work all day in the hot sun on construction, digging ditches etc,?I guarentee the ans to those questions are a resounding no,


so lets see if we can locate the real problem, could it be that under N,A,F,T,A, our factories have moved to other countries to escape the ridiculious union demands? where a man earning $16 per hour can come in drunk or doped up or just plain won't do his job , yet the company can't fire him , I heard a man say one day that they paid him $26 per hour to show up if they wanted him to work they would haft to pay hm more?????what about these companys who out source jobs to other countries , I am talking about good paying jobs , that Americans would do, no one seems to mind this why?if the American co, who have left the U,S, in the last 5 years were still here every one would have a job including the mexicans legal or illegal,

Do Mexicans really take jobs away from Americans?
They sure do, but only the ones that MOST (not all) of us are too fat, lazy, or otherwise unwilling or unable to do given the same conditions that they work under. I'm sure that there probably are a small handfull of Americans who would do the work that Mexicans do if they were ridiculously overpaid, but only then, because people here want to be rich but they aren't necessarily willing to work hard for their money, at least not in the sese of physical labor, especially when being paid under the minimum wage.
Reply:God did NOT make the United States for one race,one language if a mexican or any one gets a job its there job a lot of them are forced to do crime because thers so meany hard balls not leting them work thay are people you are people stop being RACIST Report It

Reply:Mexicans are here to work. They come here for a better future and to proof they can work hard. Employers hire the hardest workers because they are the ones who get the job done. Report It

Reply:yes and its going to continue there're going to be bi-linqual and were not
Reply:Mexicans don't take no-body's job. they just want to live a better life.
Reply:Corporations take jobs away from Americans, and anyone else they feel is asking too much for in wages. That is why all the jobs go to poorer, poverty stricken nations, because it is easier for the corporations to make a bigger profit.
Reply:As you well know, Mexicans are taking jobs away from Americans.
Reply:Well, my brother-in-law used to work in construction, a job that had very good pay and a lot of prestige. He had a nice house and was able to support his stay at home wife and child. Competition for construction jobs was very heated and there was a lot of pride in having a construction job. This was true only 25 to 35 years ago too.


Since so many illegals have come in this country construction pay has dropped out of sight. Mexicans will work in construction for a fraction of the former pay. American construction workers have been put out of their jobs except for the workers, especially foremen, who can speak Spanish.


The problem of outsourcing is much more complicated then you presume. I'm sure that some companies do it because they are trying to increase profits for themselves. Other, however, do it because they can no longer pay the wages that American's get so it's outsource or die.


Yes, there are some jobs such as field work that Mexicans will take and many Americans won't. Who, though, was doing this work before the illegals arrived? I can only presume that it was Americans.


If we need foreign workers to do work that enough citizens won't take then why can't we have a guest worker program so they can come here, earn money for their families and the go home?


Do you realize that there are all kinds of government programs that are ONLY available to illegals? This is insane!! Why do American taxpayers have to subsidize people that shouldn't be here in the first place. Why are we kicking native born citizens off welfare and establishing an entirely new welfare receiving class of non native born people?
Reply:I work in a grocery store union (UFCW) that only pays minimum wage and still takes union dues I also worked at a meat processing plant which only paid 7 dollars an hour and still took union dues so I think you can take the union factor out I don't think they do most real mexicans would live in mexico if it weren't a third world nation
Reply:First of all, your friend is a POOR excuse for an employee...union or non-union.





Secondly, there is NO job in America that the "American man won't do"....It is simply and sadly mistaken. You see, these jobs that are classified as such are usually low-paying jobs that the "American man" CAN NOT AFFORD to do because the American man usually has a wife and child(ren) and is on a limited income. The Mexicans that I've seen that do these low-wage jobs often co-habitate with about ten or fifteen other Mexicans in a one- or two-bedroom apartment and split the rent evenly. They can live like rats or sardines and pay about $20/month rent each. The American man with only one paycheck coming in to support his wife and family refuses to lower his standards of living to the level of Third-world countries.
Reply:when you are replaced by a mexican , like my son was and my daughter who is trying to feed , house and clothe two children, because they work cheaper and under the table without paying taxes, and see your grandkids hungry, then ask your question again !
Reply:Hey not all Americans are lazy...the only people who benifit from this are the very rich...say goodbye to the middle class as more and more undocumenteds come into the US....so up yours if you think we are all lazy...ive done my fair share of crap work for a lousy wage but it was honest and I was legal
Reply:corp.took jobs from americans and if americans really wanted to work then "the mexicans"wouldn't be filling the jobs that they say they are stealing from them.


but,unions are not to blame for companies leaving,our government is.not only would a balanced wage scale across the country make sense,it would also level costs of everyday life.stop and figure if cost was controlled and wages were leveled?why give to some and leave others out?
Reply:Let me ask you this... Do you really like being payed lower because with mexicans working this poor jobs, this is the effect on the economy. Also, there are americans being elimanted from jobs because they need bilinguals to work on the job so they can serve the mexicans. So maybe you need to read a little more on the economy before you ask dumb questions.
Reply:No one can take away a job from anybody. The Jobs are out there and it's up to a person to qualify and apply. Companies/Employers can only offer the positions to the qualified applicants who apply. There are people who feel that they wouldn't take a job if it were handed to them, where others have families that they LOVE and will work where they need to care and support them. It has nothing to do with what RACE you are. People are People ...some do and some don't have their priorities in order.
Reply:First the answer of workers wanting the jobs in the outside conditions.





the answer is yes. there are many American workers who would gladly take this job. I live in AZ so don't even go with the weak weather aspects. Also the workers who are in line for these jobs here in AZ are usually younger American men and women who strive to work in the mining industries. That is basically what the job consists of. The hotter the better.





Also for the idea that companies are relocating across the borders on the ideas of strict union demands is very slim. I have been to several companies that have relocated out of the united states. They are now in Canada, one company being Kraft. They have relocated many of their northern facilities because they have simply found in cheaper to run and turn over profits at a faster rate.





Not everyone supports the Union.





The wages are true. Many people think that they are owed that high pay. For some reason spending 4-6 years in college will do that to a person.
Reply:Seeingclearly has this one and yes, they obviously take jobs away from Americans. They take jobs and other things that aren't rightfully theirs to take.
Reply:Jim you a smart one.





But have you traveled to Kansas, the capital of slaughter houses, and asked managment how long workers last.





I know one guy that took the grind for 8 years. He saw those lousy workers come and go.





Now he is a citizen and runs a ranch of his own.





The American dream baby.
Reply:Tell me, just what jobs won't Americans do? Americans have always done what ever job will support their families..... and Americans still will do those jobs if the pay is there.... ILLEGAL ALIENS and TRAITOROUS corporations, along with traitorous corrupt members of Congress who aid and abet the illegal alien slave trade and also make it legal to export our jobs are the problem....





When I was young, Americans did dig ditches by hand... and with machines.... they cleaned out septic tanks.... cleaned stalls... Americans did it or it wouldn't have gotten done.... that old sh!t ? "who will do the work?" doesn't fly.... Illegal aliens are illegal... illegal is criminal.... the law is being broken by illegal aliens and those traitors who hire the bastards.





ILLEGAL ALIENS do not belong here... any thing they do while here illegally, is STEALING and is a crime....
Reply:Umm, .. who do you think was doing those jobs BEFORE the mexicans??


also... If they were not ilegal then they would not accept that pay wage and the employers would maybe be forced to hire people legally and at least pay minimum wage..Just a thought


EDIT...Let me add this.. I do not have any thing personal against mexican people, I do think that they should be here legally though ....
Reply:no
Reply:It isn't just that, but the illegals get better treatment than Americans do. They get free health, education, places to live, while the working legal residence of America have to work hard just to pay the bills, some can't even afford health and proper education, and if they do they are scraping by or have bare minimum. And the illegals who come over here get everything handed to them. WHILE BEING ILLEGAL!
Reply:of course mexicans don't take jobs away from americans. unions take jobs away from americans.
Reply:hispanics do the crap jobs nobody else wants to do. let them work. its hard enough to find good lawncare as it is.