[cripplecreek]

The ex-cons normally MUST have a job as a condition of their parole. Their productivity is piddly compared to the hard working immigrants. Some of them turned out to be dangerous to the other workers so I laid them off.

As a foreman I preferred the parolees. They were there every day and would work all the overtime I could legally give them. What I got from the "immigrants" was this I don't speak english crap.

[darth]

Pero, puedo hablar Espanol.

I knew that studying Spanish for six years would come in handy. My father started me in the language early, but he mostly used it to cuss when he hit his thumb with a hammer.

Manufacturing in my city is dominated by immigrants. Most are from Mexico, but you will find a lot of Eastern Europeans, Vietnamese, etc. as well.

A couple of my ex-cons went straight, but the majority had a problem changing their drug dealing ways.