I remember when welders and mechanics made good money.
Now I see ads offering minimum and just barely beyond.
Good riddance.
Hire American!
They said the same thing about Construction work too.
Funny thing, in the 80-90s there were all kinds of Americans working in those industries.
Then the flood of cheap illegal labor came. Reality was that Companies intentionally cut wages to weed out Americans and hired border jumpers at 1/3 the cost.
Those that do it lie and whine about not finding qualified Citizens to do the work. In reality they can’t find Americans to do the work for what they pay the Criminal Invaders.