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Bruce, excellent points. It's the same here in Vegas for the day labor. If offered less than $10 an hour, they turn it down, but they often stand on the corner all day and get no offers. That's unreported and untaxed income, so many businesses like it because they avoid all the payroll taxes involved. Many of the illegals want to work every day and so take less money (below minimum wage) for regular employment with a landscaping company or commercial laundry or construction company. Of course if one of them gets hurt on the job, he gets no workers compensation, just treatment at the county hospital and back home if he can't do the work anymore.
The border with Mexico is where the majority of illegal immigrants enter this country, so it stands to reason that most are Mexican and other Hispanic peoples. In fact a significant number come from Central America. So even though Mexicans make up 56% (stats that you gave) of the undocumented workforce, I bet the number of Hispanic illegals is much higher than that.