Illegal aliens take not only some of the best paying jobs in America, they take between 20%-40% of the total jobs available.
Without slaves here (that is what they are and the only reason any politician wants them here) wages and bennies would climb drastically to fill the jobs and the middle class would thrive and grow as it did before, Americans would once again rise out of poverty into the middle class. With people living positive lives and reaping the benefits of good jobs crime would shrink.
Top 20 Jobs Held, 2008
Top 20 Occupations* # of Immigrant
Workers in the US
Illegally Total # of All
Workers % of Immigrants
in the US Illegally
in Total Work Force
1. Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons 131,000 325,000 40%
2. Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers and tapers 94,000 255,000 37%
3. Roofers 76,000 246,000 31%
4. Miscellaneous agricultural workers 269,000 910,000 30%
5. Helpers, construction trades 52,000 184,000 28%
6. Dishwashers 101,000 364,000 28%
7. Construction laborers 556,000 2,055,000 27%
8. Maids and housekeepers 417,000 1,555,000 27%
9. Cement Masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers 29,000 109,000 27%
10. Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 96,000 369,000 26%
11. Grounds maintenance workers 356,000 1,413,000 25%
12. Packers and packagers, hand 119,000 504,000 24%
13. Butchers, poultry and fish processing workers 71,000 305,000 23%
14. Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers 68,000 306,000 22%
15. Painters, construction and maintenance 173,000 791,000 22%
16. Parking lot attendants 21,000 100,000 21%
17. Chefs and head cooks 75,000 377,000 20%
18. Sewing machine operators 49,000 248,000 20%
19. Refuse and recyclable material collectors 22,000 112,000 19%
20. Cooks 427,000 2,219,000 19%
1. D'Vera Cohn and Jeffrey S. Passel,"
Pew Hispanic Center Research Report: A Portrait of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States,"
(1.82MB), Apr. 14, 2009