This is truly a problem in the construction industry. As an owner of an insurance claim advocate business and a licensed general contractor I have been researching this issue for years. Never once have I hired an illegal for a construction project and due to this I have lost a lot (a ton) of bid projects where competitive bids are involved. Now on the insurance side, everyone knows insurance companies don’t want to pay a claim or they want the lowest amount to be paid. They don’t care about the quality of the service just to rubber stamp the claim as work completed and claim closed. The insurance industry controls the estimating software that spits out the reimbursement rate for any certain repair reimbursement. These reimbursement rates often “force” the contractor to cut the only place that is in their control — Labor Cost. Enter the illegal labor force who work for a third of the cost of a U.S. worker that is paying taxes, paying licensing, paying health insurance premiums, paying mortgages, etc etc. I’ve come to realize that this was all part of “the plan” to decimate the contractor work force and replace workers with illegals. Now who really is behind this “plan”? Personally as I research it keeps coming back to the insurance industry. In the immediate need, I am forced to admit that illegals being removed from this Country will have an undesirable consequence for all consumers but I firmly believe that it has to be done to protect our Country. Sorry for the rant… now off to write proposals to present to my State legislators on insurance division law change recommendations that will have more devastating consequences to my State insurance policyholders-the Taxpayers !