I agree with[ M .T.]on this one,cant lay it all on demos,I to live in s.ca. and am a contractor.I can tell u that the mexicans who are citizens are very up set at the illegals and almost hate them.for those of u that say they only take jobs no one wants i no u are wrong.in 1988 my crew was 1/3 mexican.there avg pay was12 dollars an hr. the others was 16.[guess i have to add both black and white].had 3 foremans 1 was mexcian pay 22an hr.I am just a small contr. now just have couple guys 1 mexican amer.citizen journeyman i pay 20 because i can. the other 2 i pay 11.[ I could pay my journeyman 17 and the other 2, 9.00 ].If i had same crew as in 1988 there avg. pay would be 10 to 13.50 and i could get mexican amer. foremans for 18.oo hr.A good white foreman to day would be between 25 and 32.50 depending.why are the guys that work for me back then mad.. because the illegals have really depressed the wages in all phases of constr.most the guys that used to work for me are retired and just do side jobs and make about 30 an hr...question have any of u traveled to states that have very few mexicians there...notice the people that work in resturants, fast food ,hotel maids,gas stations etc are white or black.... seems to me that they want those jobs or am i off course?