Do you actually live in the USA and lived in metros with huge obvious illegal workforce?if illegals are not in the US legally, and if the employer knew, they'd either not hire them, or not pay them minimum wage. if they had to be paid minimum wage it would be irrational to hire an illegal when a legal resident or citizen is paid the same.
Mexicans also "DIY" and "sneak over the border". Yet they still get enslaved. There;s more Mexicans in the US, they speak a European language, and more people in the US speak Spanish than Chinese, but they still get enslaved regardless, why?
There is a shortage of labor doing manual/cook/cleaning/construction/lawn type jobs. They either get paid in dollars or they use stolen/borrow social security. I believe in some states you can legally work as an illegal! The typical local rather be running a cash register or stocking shelfs at walmart rather than mowing grass in 100 degree heat or cooking in that 100 degree chinese kitchen.
There are 11 million "illegal" immigrants in the US. I am sure there are some that are coerce or enslaved, but its not the majority. DIY running across with the 10k others is the least likely way to be enslaved as you are not oweing anyone money. The Chinese that are enslave are being enslave in China and brought over by fellow Chinese or these people are desperately cutting bad deals with snake heads. But i think dragging them cambodia or some ASEAN country is more likely these days.


