[mcnees287]

You assume available jobs are located near where teenagers live? In many cases the jobs are located in remote areas with small populations (most agricultural work).

Also, I want mine and your teenagers to be studying and preparing for their futures. These are jobs with limited upside, for the most part.

[swiftisthebest]

Your concept of who illegal immigrants are and what they do is completely fabricated by media influences whose incentives are not your own. It is false. See here: http://www.pewhispanic.org/2015/03/26/chapter-1-occupations-...

Learning discipline and the value of hard work is infinitely more important than learning things that are easily Googlable in out-dated high school curriculums.

[yummyfajitas]

These jobs aren't located near where Mexicans live either - they are actually on the wrong side of a heavily policed border in an entirely different country.

[taneq]

I'm not sure I agree with the whole chain of logic, but at this point is seems fair to point out that the Mexicans aren't enrolled at a university that requires them to turn up for classes.

[smileysteve]

In Georgia, we implemented immigration laws and neither the juveniles or prisoners would pick crops for both minimum wage and reduced sentences.

[wushupork]

And that's the issue. Immigrants gladly do the work that Americans won't do.

[JaphyRyder]

The OP probably meant summer jobs. I worked on farms and cut grass at a country club no where near my house. Saved enough money to buy my first computer and teach myself some code. I was hired because I spoke Spanish (took it in middle/high school) and could translate.

[melling]

There's no need to assume anything because the article states the kind of workers needed: "hospitality, construction and agriculture, "

Agriculture is mentioned, of course, but it's seasonal. Two months out of the year? What jobs do you do for the other 10 months?

[merpnderp]

When I was a kid I did pipeline work during summer breaks. Lots of kids are out of school during harvest season, one of the major reasons for kids even having school breaks.