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Then I guess our experiences shall have to differ. I can not imagine that every, single, solitary, construction job for every single country over the entire united states...to a singularity...are all going to vanish and cease to exist if there were no illegal immigrant workers. Which is what you're arguing. Actually, you're not even arguing that. Any illegal immigrant working in fast food...that job won't get filled, even if its at a 5:1 ratio. Any illegal immigrant working on a farm? That farm will apparently not hire anyone new, or will just close down. I can think of half a dozen bars immedietely in a few mile radious around my house whose barbacks are most likely illegal immigrants...you're suggseting that every one of those bars is going to close up shop, or just stop having barbacks. I've worked for a number of hotels where I've been very curious as to the citizenship of a good portion of the cleaning staff...apparently every one of those hotels are going to shut down, or just stop having cleaners. And on and on.
Sorry, I understand your experience in construction...and while I can not fathom every single construction compamy in the entire U.S. that hires any illegals all just closing shop...even if we assume that's true that is hardly all the jobs that illegals make up. What you're suggesting is that all sorts of business the entire united states over is going to shut down because of this to have literally "zero impact" on unemployment...that just doesn't make sense.
Typically, companies there will be a mix of both legal and illegal employees.
The shops that would close are the ones that hire primarily illegals. The one's that hire primarily legals would be the ones to stay open.
The legals that lose their jobs when some shops close will replace the illegals lost in the other jobs.
This is because, on average, immigrants, both legal and illegal, will take less money than Americans and work harder than Americans at those prices.
I've been a barback and I've done construction. But I'm a rarity amongst natural-born citizens.
So I would expect some shifting of employment, but no actual gains in jobs.