Are there lots of illegal immigrants in the a Austin metropolitan area?

[Oldglory]

Originally Posted by mark311

There are no where near the amount as what I have seen in CA. On any hike or mountain bike ride through the hills or city parks in CA, we would normally come across at least one "cardboard village" where they would setup camp to sleep. In the day, they would go out and work in the strawberry or avocado fields. I haven't seen anything like that here. I have also never seen groups of 20 or 30 of them out in front of Home Depot every morning here like you would see in CA (at least not at the Home Depots that I frequent). So from my perspective, no there aren't a lot of illegal immigrants around in the Austin area at least in plain view compared to Southern CA.

Thank you for referring to them by illegal immigrants rather than the "undocumented". The more accurate and immigration term for them is illegal aliens, however.

[lifeexplorer]

1 is too many, so yeah, there are lots illegals in Austin.

[wehotex]

Originally Posted by lndigo

Yes there are a lot of undocumented workers, a big community from Guanajuato in particular.



One cannot innately be illegal.
There are illegal substances but there are no laws making it illegal to be a person lel. What a joke.

Anywhere there are southern californians, you can bet that there's a HUGE market for illegal alien labor.

[lndigo]

Originally Posted by wehotex

Anywhere there are southern californians, you can bet that there's a HUGE market for illegal alien labor.

How does this apply to Texas?
Everybody here enjoys the fruits of their labor, southern Californian or not.

[High Springs Gator]

Originally Posted by lndigo

How does this apply to Texas?
Everybody here enjoys the fruits of their labor, southern Californian or not.

We spend billions for their labor. They are a huge nuisance in this country.

[lndigo]

Per capita GDP (PPP):
$53,101

Per person household income for the median undocumented household:
$9,443

Yup, undocumented immigrants are stealing our riches clearly...

[westcoastforme]

Originally Posted by mark311

There are no where near the amount as what I have seen in CA. On any hike or mountain bike ride through the hills or city parks in CA, we would normally come across at least one "cardboard village" where they would setup camp to sleep. In the day, they would go out and work in the strawberry or avocado fields. I haven't seen anything like that here. I have also never seen groups of 20 or 30 of them out in front of Home Depot every morning here like you would see in CA (at least not at the Home Depots that I frequent). So from my perspective, no there aren't a lot of illegal immigrants around in the Austin area at least in plain view compared to Southern CA.

Thank you. This is the kind of answer I was looking for.

[westcoastforme]

Originally Posted by lifeexplorer

1 is too many, so yeah, there are lots illegals in Austin.

Agreed

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by westcoastforme

Are there lots of illegal immigrants in the a Austin metropolitan area? Thanks!!

Austin is a sanctuary city even though laws to make it official have failed.

[Annie1004]

Originally Posted by wehotex

Anywhere there are southern californians, you can bet that there's a HUGE market for illegal alien labor.

Don't forget the Mexican cartel marijuana growers in Northern California. It's not safe to even visit our less developed lands and parks because of the high crime and murder rates.