Undocumented workers also have a fear of deportation and legal uncertainty, and so tend to use health care facilities only as a last resort. Undocumented workers frequently work in unsafe or unhealthy environments but are reluctant to ask for safety measures for fear of deportation or fear of losing their jobs. Those who are injured on the job often try to hide the injury and continue to work. They are also less likely to seek preventative care. Confusing public policies further complicate the issues and point to a number of pressing questions.
Most undocumented workers pay taxes.
Many employers continue to hire undocumented workers because of the need for seasonal and low-wage labor. Migrant and seasonal farm workers are one of the most underserved and understudied occupational populations in the United States. Finally, the stress of alienation and dislocation experienced by immigrants and refugees has rarely been addressed in undocumented workers. I don't know. I do know that they don't come here because they like it.