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Unlikely, no entity/business/people will ask for $0.02 hourly for their service. In a capitalist society, business/people/entity will ask for correct hourly price/fees/salary/income for their services that is profitable.
illegal workers are breaking the law, so they have no choice, no bargaining power. They can ask for higher hourly price for work done, too, or just don't be illegal or find another job in their home country.
Maybe don't compare to prison/illegals/rapist/pedos since there are many countries with no min wage, like successful Singapore.
I started working from min wage up. I don't work illegally in other countries, and I find another job if pay is too low to make ends meet. The moment I start any job, I also start looking and preparing for my next job. I am never loyal to my employer because they will never be loyal to me.
There might be places where it worked, but the fact there is a difference between 'normal' and 'tipped' minimum wage in the US says a lot about the powers working against the individual. I heard the minimum hasn't changed in decades in the US and the tipped minimum wage is about $2.50 or something. But to be honest I don't expect someone that says "... just don't be illegal or find another job in your home country" to know what it's like to struggle making end meet and then have these powers working against you.
Is that why US companies pay so low (in comparison to their Cost of Living) because there is min wage to follow rather than free market. While other countries (with no min wage) salaries are "higher" in comparison to their Cost of Living, food, clothes and etc.
I think the better educated/skilled someone is the more the free market will benefit the employee, because if someone is easily replaceable the focus is more on how cheap someone can do something rather than how good someone can do it. Companies are under pressure to deliver their service/product for a low price, wages are a big part of their operation cost .
Yes, you are right it is tough being easily replaceable by... robots . It is getting cheaper to just use self-order and self-checkout, self-service pump, vending machines these days.
Maybe the government should provide retraining for citizens to work in more skilled jobs.