Although the stereotypical complaint against illegal immigrants is that they take jobs away from people already living here, research suggests that immigration is not to blame for the fact that illegal immigrants take jobs away from legal citizens. Eddy Jerena, a Sicilian-born carpenter, says: “'My brother, he has a business, and the Mexicans work hard for him, 12 hours a day, and they don't complain. You have these guys born in the United States, they don't work like that. This country was built by immigrants. Mexicans deserve to be here'” (quoted in Roberts and Glastris). In addition to taking jobs, illegal immigrants also create jobs through the creation of Mexican restaurants or small clothing factories, or jobs abandoned when people moved from urban areas to the suburbs. A U.S. Department of Labor study states that illegal immigrants taking jobs away from American workers is "the most persistent error about immigration in popular thinking" (cited in Limón), because it relies on The erroneous assumption that there is only a fixed number of immigrants. number of jobs. Many Americans don't even want the jobs that illegal immigrants want. Illegal immigrants benefit many American employers who desperately need unskilled workers. The Rev. Richard Ryscavage, a Jesuit priest, says: ““Increased anti-immigration sentiment that is so noticeable and identifiable that you can almost smell it. Most of those calling for immigration cuts would die if they didn't