A Missing Employee

I just talked with someone who took a new job that had been filled by someone who was deported for traffic offenses.  I am sure that our government would prefer that a citizen had been hired; this was not the case.  Why won’t Americans take these jobs in restaurants?  They don’t fit into the American dream.  They don’t lead to future wealth.  One can work hard doing dishes forever at minimum wage and there are few rewards and no future benefits.  Americans will only get depressed by them.  Immigrants on the other hand are glad to get any job.  They will send money to families at home and live better than they ever have. 
This restaurant owner is barely making money.  He sends people home if there are no customers.  Between meals there is often no job.  No one gets two days in a row off or receives benefits.  The pay is hourly and the hours vary with the number of customers.  One works when business is good which may be two hours on, three hours off, and two hours on – the work hours are unpredictable.  Still this undocumented person was glad to get the job.  I am reading articles now that say fewer people are crossing the border to work in the United States.  The latest was in the April 9, issue of the Christian Science Monitor Weekly.  I wonder if there will always be people to take these kinds of jobs and if this restaurant will survive.  It may not be part of a Secure Community even though I enjoy eating there.  ICE deportations may be killing small businesses like this.