The Myth of the Dangerous Hispanic Guest Worker

Besides keeping America affordable and doing work disdained by the native born, Mexican and Central American guest workers pay more into entitlement programs than they receive, and are nice people too…

Wages for migrant workers are higher the further North of the border they travel, but they sometimes lack basic protections

There is a misleading and counterproductive myth being peddled by the demagogues of this Country, that of the dangerous Hispanic guest worker. Not only do these guest workers do about 20% of the hard work in this country, but they pay more into out tax system than they receive, commit proportionally lower crime, are generally God-fearing/family loving Catholics and are the guest workers Europe wishes they could have.

I first noticed this phenomenon in my California Central Valley high school existence. I elected to pick fruit one summer, as I realized that if I worked hard, I could make about three times the minimum wage paid at the fast food places. I was warned that the Mexicans I’d be working with were lazy, dirty, or dangerous, but I actually found them to be none of those things. In fact, they turned out to be outstanding people as they a) were very hard workers b) were always singing, telling jokes and laughing c) always shared their food, beer whatever they had d) appeared to go to church on Sunday and be very devoted to their families e) were trustworthy and f) had things withheld from their paychecks that they would never get…