OK, you have some points.. but .. I did not say there were NO skilled Hispanics, just that I have never met any employed by Verizon, nor did I say anything about legal or illegal.
HOWEVER, the ones who did the outside work at my business did not speak English, so either they are here on a visa or they’re illegal, whatever. I didn’t ask.
BUT, no matter their status, if they can’t speak English they won’t be doing skilled work in this country.
You’ll have to forgive my excitability on the subject!
But I have been closed on by several people here, for example, who have said things like, “You can tell they’re illegals just by looking at them.”
I can’t be more anti-illegal immigration-—but-— those kind of attitudes make me cringe.
And too often, we get sloppy with our generalizations and it’s used against us by demagogues like BOR.