ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「Carlos Rojas drives 2.5 to 3 hours from Stockton, California, to a job spreading plaster in Campbell. The 30-year-old Mexican immigrant makes $25 an hour, depending on the job. That’s more than twice as much as Stockton’s farmworkers typically make in the fields. Nationwide, the average wage of nonsupervisory workers in residential construction hit $25.34 an hour in January — 6% more than in 2018. The gains are part of a trend: a shrinking labor force. Immigration — often illegal — has long acted as a supply line for low-skilled workers. Even before President Trump ratcheted up border enforcement, economic growth in Mexico and the aging of the country’s population were reducing the flow of Mexican workers into the U.S. “Businesses scrambling for low-skilled workers provide a glimpse into the kind of strains a future of low immigration might bring,” our economics reporter Eduardo Porter writes. @cayceclifford shot this photo. Visit the link in our profile to read more.」4月13日 2時35分