07-02-2014, 09:01 PM
I live in the former furniture capital of the world. I work in insurance. We started having an influx of Hispanics move to our area around 1997-1998. They are not the ones that took our jobs. Our jobs were sent to Asia.
A huge chunk of my business was Hispanics and I would say that 90% of my clients paid better than most of my white good ole boy clients. I could almost tell you what time of the week they would be in to pay. Up until about 7 yrs ago, they also were able to purchase new or fairly new vehicles and paid huge insurance premiums.
Once they were not allowed to renew their driver license due to social security number issues, we lost a lot of business and a lot of premium since they didn't qualify for full coverage without a valid license. I hate that sterotype of someone saying they were hit by a Mexican without insurance because that is just not as common as the times I hear the saying each week. Yes it happens but it also happens with those good ole boys, the rich attorneys, doctors, etc who we have to BEG to pay their bills.
Do you realize how much it costs to get your citizenship? Sometimes close to 5 figures! One of my first customers is not a citizen but he and his family are all here on Green Cards and I hired his oldest daugther who is now 22 and has spent close to $8000 for documentation, attorneys and trips to ICE monthly for her citizenship. Her Dad works 3 jobs to keep his family going and they have adopted 3 children in the last 4 yrs. His jobs include a foreman at a factory, a cook at one of the most popular restaurants, and a cook at nursing home. He works an average of 14 hours a day, 7 days a week. As a cook, he has taken the jobs that most citizens are *too good* to do. His family in Mexico owns a dairy processing plant so he didn't move here for more money but to give his kids a life away from the crime and pollution.
I am not a *Mexican lover* (NOTHING irritates me more than 6 yr old interpreting for their Moms) just a common person that sees them as GREEN--money for my business.
A huge chunk of my business was Hispanics and I would say that 90% of my clients paid better than most of my white good ole boy clients. I could almost tell you what time of the week they would be in to pay. Up until about 7 yrs ago, they also were able to purchase new or fairly new vehicles and paid huge insurance premiums.
Once they were not allowed to renew their driver license due to social security number issues, we lost a lot of business and a lot of premium since they didn't qualify for full coverage without a valid license. I hate that sterotype of someone saying they were hit by a Mexican without insurance because that is just not as common as the times I hear the saying each week. Yes it happens but it also happens with those good ole boys, the rich attorneys, doctors, etc who we have to BEG to pay their bills.
Do you realize how much it costs to get your citizenship? Sometimes close to 5 figures! One of my first customers is not a citizen but he and his family are all here on Green Cards and I hired his oldest daugther who is now 22 and has spent close to $8000 for documentation, attorneys and trips to ICE monthly for her citizenship. Her Dad works 3 jobs to keep his family going and they have adopted 3 children in the last 4 yrs. His jobs include a foreman at a factory, a cook at one of the most popular restaurants, and a cook at nursing home. He works an average of 14 hours a day, 7 days a week. As a cook, he has taken the jobs that most citizens are *too good* to do. His family in Mexico owns a dairy processing plant so he didn't move here for more money but to give his kids a life away from the crime and pollution.
I am not a *Mexican lover* (NOTHING irritates me more than 6 yr old interpreting for their Moms) just a common person that sees them as GREEN--money for my business.