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Originally Posted by americanwoman 
Well my husband, whom you hope will commit suicide one day, is actually a contruction foreman and we have many discussions about this and about illegals in the business and what it means. He deals with rival companies that use illegals all the time but they don't give up or roll over. They do what they can to stay competitive and get new contracts.
For one, keep bidding new jobs. There are alot of companies that don't want to hire illegals to do the job. Another thing is to be aggressive, competitive, and assertive. Try and find new ways to market your business and maybe you might have to cut some costs or take a small pay cut yourself but it's better to make a little less than to loose your job. Another thing is contacting INS and reporting these companies that hire illegals. You say they won't do anything but I know here there have been at least 2 companies busted in the last couple months and have gotten heavy fines for hiring illegals and have gone out of business.
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Well... it sounds nice. And i am sure it works for your husband in his location.
But it really depends on how many swarm your area.
I am a painting contractor as well.
And I watched them swarm to my city and devastate our housing and construction industry.
When 10's of thousands migrate at once to a small city it wreaks havoc on everything.
They came here and reduced the going rate for Interior New Construction from $3.00 per square foot to less than $1.00, setting back our field by almost 20 years.
They all left, and due to the housing crisis that came afterwards, all construction prices are frozen.
No one will pay more because they don't have to.
Supply and Demand was destroyed in our town by flooding the demand with an element outside of our system.