Iowans Question G.O.P. Talk on Illegal Immigration
“I’m as prejudiced as the day is long,” said Chuck Coghill, who runs a sign company in the rural town of Blue Grass with his wife, Michelle. “It’s a bad thing that all these illegal Mexicans are here.” He paused. “But they’re hard workers. They’re doing jobs that lazy Americans won’t do.”
.. some white-owned businesses have tried to cater to Latinos, tacking on “Se Habla Español” to their newspaper ads if they have even a single Spanish-speaking employee on staff.
.. “It’s twofold: you’ve got people here who want to work and employers who want to employ them,” said Cyndi Hammes from Wilton, a town of 2,800 people, as she left the post office on Tuesday afternoon. “Employers want to hire a lower-cost work force in order to cut their bottom line. They should be held accountable.”