[quote=spdrun]^^^
This is why we should allow more legal immigrants who are manual laborers — then they’d be subject ot the same minimum wage protections as anyone else in the country.

I don’t see a labor surplus in that part of the economy.[/quote]

Only if there is a true shortage of labor. And I totally agree that all immigrants who come here should have some form of legal status, but not necessarily the right to work nor the right to public services and infrastructure. Somebody needs to pay for that, and I’d like to see the employers shoulder more of the burden that taxpayers and legal/citizen employees are bearing.