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Mexicans Doubtful of U.S. Immigration Bill

Angus Reid Global Monitor : Polls & Research
April 18, 2007
In May 2006, Bush addressed the nation to discuss his immigration proposals. Bush outlined five clear objectives: securing the borders, creating a temporary worker program, holding employers to account for the workers they hire, allowing illegal immigrants “who have roots” in the country to apply for citizenship, and helping newcomers assimilate into American society.

Another problem with immigration enforcement presents the same difficulty in other matters of national security. President Bush’s obvious intent to protect corporate interests by maintaining access to foreign labor directly impacts the American labor force. And it makes a farce of the argument for higher skilled labor in contrast with the trends of hiring illegal immigrants. You can’t have it both ways and make a compelling argument for his position.

Employers claim they need illegal immigrants because they can’t afford American workers and still compete. Few can survive on the wages offered by businesses that claim illegals are needed to do the jobs Americans won’t. To that claim should be said a flawed business model may be the real culprit. If you cannot make a go of it without paying substandard wages, it could be your business plan is junk. Other businesses echo the proposal made by the richest man in the world, Bill Gates, that they need higher skilled workers to have an edge (and bigger profit) in the high tech sector. If American education is so outstanding then why is there a shortage of high skilled workers?

How can you argue that you need higher skilled workers on the one hand, and on the other claim illegal immigrants are doing the jobs Americans won’t do. If American workers can’t do the high skilled jobs or the low skilled jobs then from what do they generate an income? Does anyone remember when there were massive layoffs at NASA and an incredible number of people with graduate degrees AND highly skilled resumes were operating taxicabs or waiting on tables rather than the scientific and other technical jobs for which they were educated and trained? Ya, keep trying to convince us that there are jobs Americans won’t do.

C. Harris
MoreWhat.com

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