tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post115884573037295499..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: What would we do without immigrant workers?Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1158863622170959652006-09-21T13:33:00.000-05:002006-09-21T13:33:00.000-05:00There some merit to what you are saying. However, ...There some merit to what you are saying. However, the real problem here is <EM>illegal</EM> immigration and employers who are willing to break the law and hire those illegals at pay rates far below the (ridiculously low) minimum wage.<BR/><BR/>Remember, employers must pay legal immigrants the same as anybody else or risk legal liability. If the government actually enforced our employment laws, the illegal immigration problem would soon dry up since far fewer illegal immigrants would find gainful employment.<BR/><BR/>That means more work for natural born citizens as well as legal immigrants. A boost to the minimum wage would also help.<BR/><BR/>Now, there is some truth to the statement that <EM>legal</EM> immigration could drive down wages, but I see little reason to believe that that is actually the case at this point in time. Our low unemployment rate would seem to argue against it. In fact, if hiring of illegal immigration were curbed, average wages would go up for everybody; legal immigrants and natural born citizens alike.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1158861522780558712006-09-21T12:58:00.000-05:002006-09-21T12:58:00.000-05:00Here's some info on the USCofC involvement in a fa...Here's some info on the USCofC involvement in a far-left organization:<BR/><BR/>cis.org/articles/2004/markoped033104.html<BR/><BR/>More here:<BR/><BR/>lonewacko.com/blog/archives/004577.html<BR/>lonewacko.com/blog/archives/004098.html<BR/>lonewacko.com/blog/archives/004545.html<BR/><BR/>And, check out this new press release:<BR/><BR/>releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=72880<BR/><BR/>"A new study, authored by economists at Northeastern University and published by the Center for Immigration Studies, finds that young native-born workers are being displaced in the labor market by immigrants. Although one recent report by a Washington think tank found no relationship between immigration and native employment, that study did not focus on young workers who are often in direct competition with immigrants and are the ones most adversely affected."LonewackoDotComhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17942733237455764090noreply@blogger.com