I doubt they'll be automating the taco trucks that I frequent. Why would anyone eat a McTurd when they can get real food for the same price? (oddly enough, even though I'm NE of downtown Tulsa, there seems to be a commonality in personnel at McTurd's and the taco trucks, perhaps our illegals are willing to grab those bootstraps, more so than our "local" populace? )
Well, the taco trucks, I could see, but the true illegals shouldn't be allowed to work at McD's... not without proper ID and such, anyways. But I digress...
I think the true difference is the lifestyle. It seems many of the folks you're talking about don't mind staying in more cramped housing arrangements, thus they can pool their funds and live off a lower wage. Give some of them a 2500 sqft home and we'd probably see how many of them they can pack into it and charge them $50-100 ea for rent. That's my guess, anyways... different cultures have different values. But the people who want to demand to be able to own that nicer 2500 sqft home and drive that newer model SUB while working 30 hours a week at McD's are the ones who need an entitlement attitude adjustment. There's no way that's a workable economy... unless you want to see $10 Big Macs and $100,000+ SUVs as the norm.
I'm jus'sayin'. In that case, the wages have gone up, but nothing's really changed.