Illegals II

After doing whatever it is you do when you pier a foundation, the Undocumented Workers were back to fill in the holes they dug and compact the dirt as best they could with pneumatic devices. Digging the holes with just shovels was daunting enough, but just being next door to this machine was too much for me.

I talked to one of the guys on the crew, commented that if it wasn't an honest day's work it would do until an honest day's work got here. He said it wasn't that bad, you get used to it.

I asked how much the gig paid, if it wasn't too much to ask.

$8 an hour. $10 if you get a 'license.' I don't know what license that is, his English wasn't strong enough for the conversation to go into that much depth.

But next time someone tells you these twelve million folks came here for a soft life, consider this dude, glad to get Fry Guy wages to tear his joints to hell on an impossibly physical job.



America was built on illegal immigration. For that matter, I'll bet this idiotic fence we're building along the Mexican border is being built by illegals in large part.

When people say they won't accept 'amnesty,' remember: any politician or radio talk show host in America has had it way too easy to pass judgment on these folks. If you wouldn't pick up the shovel and be glad of the $8 an hour, shut the fuck up.