President Donald Trump's low-immigration policy is spiking wages for restaurant workers in South Carolina's Hilton Head resort before the November election, according to the Washington Post. The Post reported the complaints of restaurateur Steve Carb who was forced to raise wages to fill just 900 of the 1,000 open jobs at his 12 restaurants in Hilton Head: Dishwashers earn $13 an hour instead of the $10 they earned a couple of years ago. Line cooks are paid $15 to $18 an hour, instead of $13 to $15. Additional overtime costs mean tweaking the menu to stay profitable, from switching to smaller shrimp to raising the price of a plate of fish and chips by 30 cents. "The whole island is a disaster zone right now," said Carb, president and founder of SERG Restaurant Group. "It's been a nightmare." Carb even closed off lower-performing portions of his restaurants because they did not earn enough revenue to pay prevailing wage costs. That decision suggests the supply, demand, and wages for staff have reached an 'equilibrium' showing roughly equal power between employer and employees. Many business-first GOP politicians – such as House Speaker Paul Ryan, North Carolina's Sen. Thom Tillis, Wisconson's Sen. Ron Johnson, and Maine's Susan Collins – are very eager to drive down voters' wages by importing more replacement workers and suspending enforcement of immigration laws. South Carolina's Sen. Lindsey Graham has repeatedly told reporters to their faces that he wants more cheap-labor, blue-collar workers. For example, Graham told reporters January 21 that he is trying to bring in more people for low-wage jobs: We need more legal immigration ... I don't want green cards just for computer engineers. If you are out there working in the fields, if you are a construction worker, I want some of those people to have a way to stay here, because if you are running a business and you have a guest worker who is really good, and would add value to our country, I want them to have a chance to get a green card. I just don't want to be a country in the future of just computer engineers or high-tech people. Graham also helps local employers import H-2B visa-workers for jobs in the area. Collins and Graham are routinely described as a 'moderate' by the Washington Post and other publications. Trump Says Restauranteur | Breitbart
