You say:

Secondly when you import, or allow millions of low skilled workers into the country, simple supply and demand of labor laws will tell you those wages will be pressured to stay low or go down. Without them, and using less productive/hard working labor, yes, the cost of our apples, restaurant meals, and roofing jobs will go up. Or no longer kept artificially low as the case may be.

I agree with the above. I live in a rural setting where the two hard core Trumpies\Republicans are worth muli-millions both have illegals working their properties.

The one can spend a 100k on a race horse each year that does nothing career wise, and he puts it out to pasture for life. His one Mexican with his wife and 3 kids lives in a 244 square foot two floor (12x12) apartment in one of three barns which was a converted horse stall.

I suspect our problem has nothing to do with freebies, but rich guys getting cheap labor.

[Post edited by VaTechie at 01/10/2018 12:08PM]