http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/why-more-immigration-bad-america-11210 Illegal immigrants work in many sectors of the U.S. economy. According to National Public Radio in 2005, about..........ONLY 3% WORK IN AGRICULTURE..........; 33 percent have jobs in service industries; and substantial numbers can be found in construction and related occupations (16 percent), and in production, installation, and repair (17 percent).[5] According to USA Today in 2006, about 4 percent work in farming; 21 percent have jobs in service industries; and substantial numbers can be found in construction and related occupations (19 percent), and in production, installation, and repair (15 percent), with 12% in sales, 10% in management, and 8% in transportation.
The first paragraph states the problem pretty well: Why do we have immigration when unemployment is high? Nobody in Washington will give the honest answer. Employers want cheap labor. They benefit tremendously from legal and illegal immigration in the current slow-growth economy. We have a million legal immigrants per year, and the vast majority of them enter the labor market competing with Americans for scarce job opportunities. The result is wage depression, though there are other factors that restrict wage growth, and persistently high unemployment above the 5 percent level that most economists believe is unhealthy. He's right, no one will discuss it.
So they're not taking our jobs, huh?... New Record: Foreign-Born Job-Holders Break 25M October 28, 2014 -- The number of foreign-born individuals holding jobs in the United States hit a record high of 25,019,000 in September, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Granny says, "Dat's right - dem illegal aliens is takin' over the country... Report: 71 Percent of New Jobs Go to Foreign Born Legal, Illegal Immigrants in NH October 30, 2014 A new report by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) shows that the state with senators who both voted for the Gang of Eight immigration bill, which cleared the Senate in June, has 71 percent of its job growth going to foreign-born workers, including legal and illegal immigrants.
yes, I agree, we need to crack down on employers dealing in illegal work the same way we do with illegal drugs.. when caught, take the business from them and send the crooks doing the illegal hiring to jail .
'The Country's Going To Go Nuts'... GOP senator warns of violence after immigration order November 20, 2014: WASHINGTON Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn warns there could be not only a political firestorm but acts of civil disobedience and even violence in reaction to President Obama's executive order on immigration Thursday.