My understanding is that Asian immigrants are the stingiest of day labor employers, maybe the pushiest.
Generally next are "Latinos" who grew up under both cultures, who understand what makes an illegal tick.
The most generous tend to be white Americans, who don't understand Mexican nationals nor have a universal desire to chip to the bone, plus many having been convinced through cultural brainwashing that to criticize Mexican nationals is somehow a racist act.
My own impression of illegal labor is that so long as they don't feel comfortable in employment, they tend to charge around working their asses off even if by doing so they are less productive (missing steps, wasted moves, etc).
However, when they are comfortable in employment, I believe they tend to become casual, standing in the way telling each other funny stories, and if they are subsequently pushed by the employer everything goes to hell in the ensuing confusion.
And in either case, the finished product tends to be shoddy, but low priced - depending on how one calculates value. And they do show up every day.
The overall question seems to be "how good is good enough?"
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