Posted on Sep 22, 2017
Working for peanuts: Detained immigrants paid $1 a day
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Very misleading, but that's par for the course. $11 an hour vs. $1 a day is comparing apples to oranges. Let's compare detained illegal aliens with other incarcerated individuals. Yes, there are some states where inmates earn up to $6-7 a day, but guess what, there are some states where inmates earn nothing. They are detained for a reason, they broke the law. (both illegal aliens and convicted felons) They don't deserve the same wages as every other legal worker.
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2017/04/10/wages/
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2017/04/10/wages/
How much do incarcerated people earn in each state? | Prison Policy Initiative
Prison wages come up again and again in the context of prison conditions and policies. So, we found the most up-to-date information for each state.
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I work in sales in the oil and gas industry. Every time a new compressor station gets built in West Virginia, unless its union work, mostly the whole job is filled with imagrants that don't speak English, they usually have a Foreman that will translate for them, making anywhere between 15 to 25 dollars an hour. I have no problem with it. It is a fact though and it is usually about about 500 men a job. These are things I see with my own eyes. I don't have to listen to the news to tell me what is facts or not.
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Normally because they're the only ones that want to do the job at hand.
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