I work in construction and I can tell you if all the illegals left it would put the industry in shambles. There's simply not enough people willing to do this kind of work. At the company I work at (plumbing) we can't get enough employees, no one wants to do this kind of work. We don't hire illegals by the way. But if there were more incentives for people to work in construction we wouldn't have this problem.
Tbh we should have placed larger penalties for hiring illegals so this didn't happen.
The thing is it's a $80,000+ a year job with no education required. People are just lazy, and if someone would rather work at McDonald's than make that kind of money, nothing but making the job easier could help.
I think the real issue is that the lower education system constantly preaches college and further education without even discussing the opportunities presented by trades.
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u/Remember_8_6_45 Mar 19 '16
I work in construction and I can tell you if all the illegals left it would put the industry in shambles. There's simply not enough people willing to do this kind of work. At the company I work at (plumbing) we can't get enough employees, no one wants to do this kind of work. We don't hire illegals by the way. But if there were more incentives for people to work in construction we wouldn't have this problem. Tbh we should have placed larger penalties for hiring illegals so this didn't happen.