What's the Harm? (Part III)

I heard a report on NPR about a professional woman (investment banker) who has an illegal alien nanny taking care of her child. She says that the illegal labor pool allows her to have a career. Let's analyze that.

In New York, my friend pays his maid $90 per day. I suspect she is here illegally because he mentioned that she is applying for a Green card. But how does somebody unskilled come here without a Green Card to work as a maid? He is very unsophisticated about these things and I can't bring myself to confront him about this. It was his mother who hired the woman, and she recently died, and I don't see what I can do about it right now.

Let's return to the investment banker and her nanny. Without illegal immigration, this investment banker lady would have to pay the nanny more- say $150 per day. But let's say she couldn't afford that. So she would have to collaborate with 2 other professionals, they would each pay $50 per day. The woman would actually save money -- $50 instead of $90 per day! The employer would save money, the nanny would earn more money, their children would be better socialized because they wouldn't be alone all day (with a lawbreaker), and there would be more social interaction between the parents (who are members of what used to be known as a "community.") In sum, there would be fewer workers, but the workers would be better paid and society would gain all around.