HMS Beagle,
Texas, the entire southeast USA, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and many other states are so much cheaper to have a business in and just why do you think so many companies and corporations had left California and Washington states and resettled in these states? Why did do you think Boeing moved their future to South Carolina for instance? We have 7 companies who left California just over the last 5 years and moved to our local area where we live in West Michigan and they have articles in the local newspaper about how much better the business climate is in our area and how much higher skilled workers they have available. It's the way of the future as just warm body workers have a very limited future. Even the fast food places are automating rapidly and the burger flippers are being fazed out fast.
Our local unemployment stays at about 3% and ICE frequently raids companies that have illegal workers and also nearly all business operations require drug testing mandated before hiring and random drug and substance testing drawn usually by a fellow employee from a blind bowl having each and every employee ID number in it including all white collar employees in it too. I know the facts as I had a business for decades there and also was a long time member/elected officer of the CED and SME.