We had a team of 4 Mexicans that cleaned up our yard. Typically this amounted to blowing and picking up leaves and assorted crap. We hired then for $85 a month last fall. We haven’t seen them this year.

In fact we have seen a huge reduction in old pickups pulling trailers this year. I called 2 friends who have (had) monthly service and both said their experience was exactly the same.

That US / Mexican border crossing must be busy.

Nothing has changed around here.

My guy is literally named Juan. Just dropped a small tree for me this past week.

No change here…

You use Jaun too? Jaun and his Mexican Raiders have been taking care of my families' properties for 15 years.

They moved to the Sanctuary State of New Jersey. Please take them back!

Be happy to send you all the Somalis you want.

They're back home in Mexico drinking ICE tea.

Long time passing

Our regular guy Tony would hire guys from his hometown who'd come every spring for seasonal work on approved temporary work visa. Tony got hard to schedule under Obama when according to him "this guy won't approve doing it the proper way; no wonder people are walking across the border!"

So, yeah, it's not the current thing that caused the shortage but goes way back a decade or more.

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Originally posted by 12131:
Nothing has changed around here.

I saw no change March to November, but more in December to February than past years. My theory is that they stayed in US rather than going across the border for a few months.

After Trump started his presidency last year, there was a panic at the Texas border crossing, long traffic jams exiting the U.S. Pickup trucks towing trailers piled high with furniture and belongings, illegals self-deporting. In our neighborhood, some of my neighbors noticed that their landscaping crews disappeared for awhile, eventually replaced by other hispanic workers. One neighbor hired another company last year, his crew that used to cut his grass never returned.

Heysoose (Jesus) and his family is is still here every month.

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Originally posted by mcrimm:
We had a team of 4 Mexicans that cleaned up our yard. Typically this amounted to blowing and picking up leaves and assorted crap. We hired then for $85 a month last fall. We haven’t seen them this year.

In fact we have seen a huge reduction in old pickups pulling trailers this year. I called 2 friends who have (had) monthly service and both said their experience was exactly the same.

That US / Mexican border crossing must be busy.

Gee, everything is going South these days..!

Nothing's changed here. Landscapers are everywhere. My guys Raul, Miguel and Luis come out twice a month for $130/mo. No lawns to mow but a half acre of desert landscaping with around 150 trees, bushes and shrubs to maintain, although I do a lot of the work myself. Just got done changing out all the irrigation emitters in the backyard. I can't believe how many there are- up around 225, and I still have to do the front yard! I also do all the replacing of plants that died recently or long ago and have irrigation located. Did around 50 last year and it's no easy task digging a large hole by hand in this desert soil. But damn, the place looks like an oasis now.

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Originally posted by lastmanstanding:
Be happy to send you all the Somalis you want.

I've never seen a Somali engaged in any sort of outdoor work. Ever.

Javier was here putting pine straw down yesterday

Thus far the only English speakers on our new home being built was the electrician. Haven’t noticed any drop in Mexican looking workers here in central Texas

Was'nt that a song back in the day?

Landscaping season doesn't start for a few more weeks here, so I can't say at this time.

No shortage here in Houston. How many are illegals? Probably all of them.