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Are illegals taking the jobs American do not want?

Do you believe illegals are taking the jobs Americn citizens do not want? How can it not be seen that illegals hurt the working men and women in this country? Are the facts being dismissed by the government? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Illegal Aliens Only Working Jobs Americans Don't Want? False Claim By Pro Amnesty Crowd May 18, 2009 RightSideNews.com By: Dallas Kelly With current unemployment in the US climbing and the flood tides of illegal aliens pouring across our southern border to join those already here, there would seem to be little hope of stopping the flow, much less reversing the devastating effects. The pro-amnesty groups continue to protest that the illegals are not taking any jobs from Americans, because they only "work at the jobs Americans won't take". This has been proven false. The facts are: There are 55,436,000 million Americans, ages 16-64, who are not in the labor force. - U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey; July, 2007 Real wages in the US are falling at their fastest rate in 14 years. - Financial Times; May 10, 2005 14 million Americans are unable to find full-time jobs in the current economy. - BLS The unemployment rate among the 12 million American adults who do not have a high school diploma is almost 9 percent. - BLS 9% of 12 million = 1,080,000. Well over 90% of the illegal aliens who come to this country do not have a high school education. That means that there are 1,080,000 unemployed Americans who are exactly the ones against whom the illegal alien competes for those same jobs. Forty percent of working-age African-American men are unemployed. - BLS 78.4 percent of the 24 million workers in service jobs are native-born Americans. -BLS 78.4% of 24 million = 18,816,000. Subtract that number from 24 million workers in service jobs and you get 5,184,000. Over 5 million service jobs held by non Americans. I have to believe that there must be some unemployed Americans who would be willing and able to work some of those jobs. While there is no direct evidence that all the over 5 million service jobs are held by illegal aliens, any that are contribute directly to the dire situation of the unemployed American. 71.8 percent of the 9.6 million workers in construction jobs are native-born Americans. -BLS 71.8% of 9.6 million = 6,892,800. Subtract that number from the 9.6 million workers in construction jobs and you have 2,707,200. 2.7 million construction jobs held by non Americans. Again, this was once the training ground for our young Americans, learning the craftsmanship of building, journeymen on their way to master craftsmen to construct, not only buildings for America, but a lifetime profession upon which to build their lives and the lives of their families. I am certain there are unemployed Americans in the construction industry who are displaced because of the illegal aliens who have usurped their jobs. 77.5 percent of the 9.4 million workers in manufacturing jobs are native-born Americans. -BLS 77.5% of 9.4 million = 7,285,000. Subtract that number from the 9.4 million workers in manufacturing jobs and you have 2,115,000. 2.1 million manufacturing jobs held by non Americans. Manufacturing jobs that for decades were done by the "working man", the American "working class", the American "middle class". Now, this invasion of the illegal alien, appears to be an undeclared war on America's less educated, youth, African-American and middle class. Just the above catagories account for about 11,086,200 jobs taken from the 14 million Americans who are currently earnestly seeking employment. They look every day, they have families depending on them, and there are over 11 million jobs that should be open to them. This country is not responsible for the woes and hardships of any other country. America is not to blame for other corrupt governments - we have our own government corruption to deal with. America is not responsible for the lack of opportunity in other countries - we have our own challenges of opportunity. America is certainly not responsible for the poverty in any other country - in point of fact America is the most generous nation in the world when it comes to charity, aid, support, donations and outright gifts to the poverty stricken countries of the world, even loans to those countries that America knew would likely never be repaid, so the debt was forgiven. America may be a lot of things but selfish and stingy are certainly not two of them. America should not be called to task for wanting, needing to take care of our own! Americans are not racist, or bigots or intolerant for demanding that the American government take care of Americans first! We have never turned our backs on the truly needy of other countries, but the time has come to make sure that we protect and

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  1. Who care they are ILLEGALS and shouldnt even be here to take the jobs WE dont want in the first place !
  2. no they are taking jobs ameicans WANT. company's are giving those jobs to illegals because they will take less pay.
  3. I'm not gonna read all that, but other citizens shouldn't care whether or not someone is legal because their lives have nothing to do with yours and it's not other people's business.
  4. and of coarse people in the "RIGHTSIDE NEWS" are going to say that.......LOL. The answer to your question is YES THEY ARE! If this was a false claim, then U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein wouldn't need to push for the Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits and Security Act (AgJOBS). She's a CA Senator, so she knows first hand on how important these hard working illegal immigrants are. If today's Americans were the same Americans of the past, then there wouldn't be a need to push for such a bill. Or is the pay not good enough even during this recession?......LOL. http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=405eb8ec-5056-8059-76cd-3299775ec5d0 Senator Feinstein Introduces Legislation to Relieve Labor Crisis in Agriculture Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today re-introduced legislation to provide much-needed relief to the nation’s ongoing agriculture labor shortage. The Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits and Security Act (AgJOBS) would reform the broken H-2A seasonal worker program, provide farmers with the stable, legal workforce they deserve, and offer a pathway to citizenship for hard-working, law-abiding immigrants already employed on American farms. Today across the United States, there are not enough agricultural workers to pick, prune, pack or harvest our country’s crops. With an inadequate supply of workers, farmers from Maine to California, and from Washington State to Georgia, have watched their produce rot and their farms lay fallow over the years,” Senator Feinstein said.
  5. This right-wing propoganda joins the long list of hate groups pushing false "Stats" and contributing to the hysteria about undocumented immigrants. And contrary to the author's pathetic claim, there is a tremendous amount of racism, bigotry and intolerance in the discussion, and a massive selfishness as we continue to ignore the basic principles of this nation, and the fact most of us came from immigrants, in promoting hateful racist lies about undocumented immigration. Reasonable humane reform was promoted by even conservative Republicans, but hate radio pushed the lie that it was "amnesty" and killed any hope of a reasonable reform of the process.
  6. illegals are taking jobs from Americans. You can also see on a daily basis a news story about an illegal who has harmed an American either by drunk driving,murder,rape or robbery. When will America put an end to the senseless and unnecessary crimes and murder of innocent American citizens. In my state alone in the last year, a 17 and an 18 year killed by a drunk driving illegal,a family of four killed by an drunk driving illegal,three police officers shot to death by an illegal,a mother and her 6month old daughter killed by an illegal,a 16yr old girl raped and beaten to death by an illegal,a 14yr old raped and murdered by an illegal and over 100 traffic accidents involving illegals not mentioning the countless number of robberies Stop illegal immigration. stop the murder of Americans
  7. There ARE no jobs Americans won't do. There are only wages too low for any legitimate taxpayer to take (because only someone who pays no taxes could scrape by on them). Shady employers like this and won't hire Americans until they're forced to because legal residents won't put up with abuse. Salaries in the construction field have plummeted due to illegal immigration to the point where Americans can hardly afford to work in that industry. So, yes, it does harm American working class people. And to the guy who claims this has no impact on an American's life...come to L.A. and try to find a public school where more than 10% of the student body speaks basic English. The mass importation of Third World poverty has eviscerated certain parts of the U.S. Unless you're stuck in one of these places, shut up.
  8. Illegals are taking American jobs at those low wages! Since most illegals get paid under the table they can afford to be paid less. If Americans had those jobs and received a pay check they would have DEDUCTIONS (state tax, federal tax, social security tax) taken out, making their take home pay even less!! The notion that Americans are lazy is complete crock. Who did those jobs before we were INVADED by illegals?? That's right, Americans did!! Government does not care because it seems it cares more about illegals than they do American citizens at times!! Very sad!!!!!!!!!!!
  9. Immigrants should come into our country legally. Aside from that point, the article has no merit AT ALL. Pro Amnesty is correct in that both legal and illegal immigrants take the jobs Americans don't want. DO you see Americans hanging out at train stations in large groups to do something (for example) like landscaping at somebodies home for a day for little pay. Nope. Why? Americans are sitting back and collecting unemployment, while immigrants *legal and illegal* are doing ANY JOB POSSIBLE to make ends meet. Here, there, or anywhere- that's the truth.
  10. LOL! right side news? more like right-winged propaganda.
  11. Answer: No. Illegal Invaders are not just taking jobs that citizens want, but devaluate the Entire labor market. The recent arrests at meat packing houses across the country demonstrate this clear as crystal...Legal citizens lined up ten fold to fill those positions, and the company's only complaint was these new hires would require full wage scale to work. The work force is there, companies just want peasant/slave labor instead. Want another example?
  12. Is Senator Feinstein unaware of the ongoing drought in Calif ? At time when Calif is broke thousands are being laid off and Senator Feinstein wants to bring in more people at a time when Calif is facing huge deficits and is Senator Feinstein also aware because of the drought thousands of jobs have been lost in Calif and crop pickers are not in high demand there.I am tried of seeing the illegals are some kind of super-answer to our country
  13. They are. What they say about yanks doing those jobs BEFORE is correct, but to do them TODAY they demand $12/hour wages, medical benefits, vacations, retirement benefits, etc The ilegals work for a low wage without all the other things. Those are the laws of the market
  14. No, there is no such thing as a job an American won't do.
  15. Employers are required by law to establish the right to be in this country before hiring prospective employees. If this law were properly enforced, there'd be no problem. Instead, politicians and other powerful people, and others, are rarely caught hiring illegals. Remember when WalMart was caught? The root of the problem is failure to properly enforce the law.
  16. I dont care what %percentages you have or any of that, The plain truth is if the Americans wanted to work then they would have the job first. Most of them are just so lazy that companies end up firing them and hiring the immigrants in place of them, because of the simple fact that they work alot better, that is what they came here for , so they are going to do their very best at it.
  17. There are 12-20M illegal aliens currently in the US, if those illegals really did the field work why aren't they out in the fields. Why does D. Feinstein want to bring in more field workers? We shouldn't need more if they really come in to do the field work.
  18. Yes, the illegals are taking the Americans Jobs because you guys are lazy, ignorant, stupid, dumbs and dont want to work I dont see a line of american to waiting to work in the fields picking up greens, or people standing in line to work in hotels or as gardeners.. Do you? So thats why companies like to hire us!!! There you go, simple as that!!! Cheers
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