To the editor: I’m extremely supportive of immigrants coming to the USA to flee the situations of their homelands, be it legally or not. That being stated, I’m not supportive of Individuals who make the most of that desperation to earn a revenue on their labor.
The current article on the ICE raids and the automobile wash whose workers have been rounded up by ICE described the work as “low wages for back-breaking labor” (“This L.A. automobile wash is determined by immigrant labor. Can it survive Trump?,” Nov. 23). Within the subsequent paragraph, the automobile wash proprietor was quoted as saying, “Individuals don’t need to do that work.” That’s a real assertion, nevertheless it’s an incomplete assertion. He ought to have stated that they don’t need to do that work for the wages that solely a determined employee would settle for.
The truth that he can’t make a revenue based mostly on his enterprise mannequin until there’s a approach that he can coerce wages not commensurate with the required labor is telling. There are automated automobile washes that provide a chamois and vacuums so that you can full the method. All labor is dignified, however benefiting from somebody’s authorized standing just isn’t.
Ron Garber, Duarte
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To the editor: Gustavo Arellano’s column in regards to the raiding and, in some instances, closing of automobile washes in Southern California leaves me scratching my head (“Automobile wash staff already had it robust. Then immigration raids slammed them to the bottom,” Nov. 18).
I dwell in Mar Vista and two of my native automobile washes have been closed for months. That’s a thriving enterprise that was using dozens of individuals that’s now shuttered. And for what? I don’t see unemployed individuals lining up for jobs at these automobile washes — clearly, nobody’s job has been stolen by the individuals working there.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids are a large waste of cash and sources, have disrupted the lives of 1000’s of individuals and trampled on particular person rights.
Can anybody level out something good that has come of ICE’s present of pressure this yr? I don’t suppose so.
David Tempest, Mar Vista
