>>>>>And if I read it right you employed some to build your house because it was cheaper.
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>>>>>I think you summed up the problem very neatly there.
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>>>>>NIck Mason
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>>>>You didn't read it right. I hired a mason and his crew consisted of some hispanics. I don't know if they were illegals or not.
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>>>But on the other hand you didn't enquire too deeply :-)
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>>That's true, but there is a reason for that. We have stopped busloads of illegals here in the past and the INS told us to release them. They haven't been deporting them. If they were, I would have.
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>Wait a minute. Tennessee's nowhere near the Mexiacan border. Just how far do these guys "bus in"?

Mexicans have a work ethic second to none (well maybe second to the English/Irish/Scots<g>), so they will go wherever they can find work. That means Canada, Alaska, or who knows. I wouldn't be surprised to learn they have representation at Santa's workshop in the North Pole.