Ok, maybe they aren’t stealing jobs but it’s made it a lot harder for anyone except an illegal alien to get a job here in Texas if you work in any type of manual labor trade.
If you just break it down to raw numbers it’s no wonder that non-illegal aliens can’t hardly get a job here. A few years ago Texas became a minority state. Somebody too scared to print factual information concluded that the minorities are now the majority in Texas. The Department of Homeland security estimates that there are 1.64 million illegal aliens in Texas. That doesn’t include the legal aliens or other resident and non-resident Hispanics.
Break it down even further and you will find that a lot of blacks don’t want the jobs that the Mexicans are doing. I don’t blame them! It’s hard work, and if you can make cash under the table it’s a lot better than busting your ass only to have the government take a huge chunk out of it at the end of the day.
One of my good friends moved back here from Alabama. He’s got about 10 years experience doing trim work (he helped me with my floors!) and he can’t find a job here. He’s been looking in the paper and going to construction sites. The Mexicans have made it very difficult for non-Mexicans to find employment. All the contractors and workers that we’ve talked to while out and about all say the same thing – “you can’t get a job here because of all the Mexicans.” Usually there are a few colorful expletives thrown in as well. Folks are not happy.
In Forbes I am reading about how everyone is whining and complaining about the new crack-downs on illegal aliens. “Oh….booohoooo! We are going to lose our workers and go broke.”
First off – if you hadn’t been hiring illegal aliens you wouldn’t be in this position.
Secondly – let’s take all the illegal aliens and remove them from this country. That’s 30-some-odd million illegal aliens. Do I think there is going to be some far-reaching economic impact? Of course. But it won’t last forever. Think of how many jobs would be available to good ‘ol US Citizens or at least people that are here legally!! Economics would eventually reset and equalizes wages. People, like my friend, could go back to regular and steady work. And you, Mr. employer, wouldn’t have to worry about the IRS, INS, or any one else coming down on your ass because you have a bunch of illegal aliens working for you.
But it can’t be one or two companies that are nailed and held responsible. That just won’t cut the mustard. We have to hold all companies accountable. And, we have to prevent them from starting up their own companies and seeking refuge by proliferating the underground economy. We have to get them out and we have to keep them out.
And what is up with the new proposals in congress to give in-state tuitions to illegal aliens? Out-of-state US Citizens have to pay a premium to go to school out of state and yet we are going to give illegal aliens the same relief on tuitions??? At what point do we finally put OUR country first?
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