not if you are working for yourself though, or with a countryman in a part of town where nobody cares. But what you say has some truth to it. A Mexican doctor or web developer is likely to be legal for the reasons you give. I'd consider mechanic, cook or carpenter to be skilled jobs though.
There's a lot of Mexican-looking guys hoeing artichokes around here too, of course, which is what I suspect you are talking about. On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >> mmmmm not sure. They *get* jobs as unskilled labor. Does not mean they >> don't have skills. > > I know you are aware that I am using the term "unskilled labor" in a > very specific manner. > > I would suspect there is a very strong relationship between the level > of skill and legal status. The higher level the skill, the more > likely to be legal. Not only is it easier to get legal status if you > are highly skilled, but higher skilled jobs tend to have stricter > requirements for proving legal status. > > -Cameron > > ... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316910 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
