[SamLBInj]

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As a single family homebuilder for the last 20 years, I have purposely refused to hire cheap illegal immigrant labor. For my troubles I have lost 75% of my business over the past 5 years, as most of my competitors have just looked the other way, and gone with the cheap labor. One more fact to take note of; they are not just filling jobs in the unskilled labor arena. Many of these guys are showing up as carpenters, electricians, dry-wallers, plumbers, ect. ect. If this trend continues, you can draw your own conclusions.

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Steve,How many Drywallers,Landscapers, Roofers, and Siders do you know who do not use mexican labor?
Your doing the right thing. I have restructured my entire business to the point where we do everything in house except Electrical as Im not licensed for that but I use a company who has the same ideas we have. We also have more work than we can do so it works and people know the difference and are willing to pay more to use an all American workforce.