re: Why did we turn over new home construction to immigrant labor?

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They are cheap.

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So, capitalism.

Lower bids, quality, and how long it will take for the project to be finished.

My dad built a 4500 sq ft shop few years ago. My cousins crew poured the floor. A few months later my dad took bids for the shop. A Russian crew had the cheapest bid and a faster time frame when it would be finished. Their bid time was 7 days. The local, Mennonite, and Hispanic crews bids were at least 45 days out and more expensive. The Russians finished framing the shop in 3 days. They subcontracted the Mennonites to put the metal sides and roof on and that took 2 days. They came back the next day and finished the doors, walls, hooked up the water, and finished the electric. The shop was completely done in 6 days.

The Russian foreman came back 3 times in the next year to inspect the building and make sure everything was good.

The local crews bid was about double and would have taken 3 more months. They would have subcontracted the metal roof, water, and electric. The American crews quality could not have been better and they would not have guaranteed their work.

Russians bought the extra material, a car, an old broke down tractor, an old skid steer, a side by side, a fridge, 2 old bikes, and clothes that didn’t sell from a yard sale. My dad didn’t plan on selling most of the stuff, but they bundled it together and offered more than it was worth. They have all kinds of businesses not just construction. They call my dad a few times a year and do business with him and my brother.

Russians do a lot of their construction work with the Amish and Mennonites. A lot of the time there will be Mennonites in their construction crews.

The Russian crew might be from some other Eastern European country, but people call them “The Russians”.

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Because in today's market, it doesn't matter if anything is square. It doesn't matter if its strong. The only thing that matters is size and looks.

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Freaking nailed it with this point.

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Laborers in Honduras make approximately $20 per day. They are making 10x that in the US. Laborers in the US would bust their arse for $2k a day too

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You hit on a key point. If we paid workers what they were actually worth, investment funds would be worthless.

Put all the lawyers and bankers on an island of cannibals, and you'd have a good start.

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It’s still being done but look into the regulations on that and you’ll quickly see that it’s more trouble than it’s worth for just about all but the large national builders. Also, through the legal visa work program, it’s fairly easy to “duck out the back” and become “illegal”.

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All of this can be fixed. It wasn’t because they didn’t want it to be.

They want the chaos and instability supplied by the foreign invaders.

They want you to feel helpless and hopeless, so you will cry out for them to do anything, make a new law, to fix it. That’s how our liberties are eroded.

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I have seen $1million homes built like crap due to cheap labor.

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Where is the builder project manager? It's usually a white guy being paid market rates. On my last build, this dude didn't notice that the fireplace flue sloped downward for a few feet before it went vertical. I'm no construction expert, but that seemed bad, and he didn't catch it. It doesn't matter what the latinos building your house do, or do not, it matters that the builder doesn't give a shite.

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horseshite

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On average that's absolute fact, at least in Florida. Have a Cat 5 come through and you'll see how much better newer houses do.

The Mexicans also show up and if you need another worker "they know somebody". And pretty soon all the employees are Mexican. Blacks and whites that used to fill the ranks don't even apply when there is an opening.

I think in many parts of the country things will have to be pretty economically bad and government assistance cut to reverse this.

Americans would rather on shite and draw a free.check