Posted on 03/09/2009 6:12:19 AM PDT by Shellybenoit
I thought that by now President Obama had fixed the Immigration problem. After all he has done for the economy, you would think that most illegal immigrants had left the country to go look for a job, but apparently not. The Center for Immigration Studies believes that up to 15% of the new federally funded construction Jobs called for in the massive stimulus signed by President Obama, will be filled by people who are in the country illegally.
$104 billion for construction projects [in the bill] should create construction-related jobs for about 2.04 million workers over several years. The Center for Immigration Studies has estimated that about one out of seven (or 15 percent) of workers employed in construction in the United States are illegal immigrants. Thus, if no effort is made to bar illegal immigrants from these jobs, it is extremely likely that about 300,000 will go to illegal immigrants.
As you already know, there was no provision to bar illegal immigrants from those jobs, so 300,000 people who are in the country illegally will be getting jobs from American citizens. Read more below:
(Excerpt) Read more at yidwithlid.blogspot.com ...
I suspect it will be far more than 300,000. It’s already been determined that white construction workers who actually know what they’re doing won’t be getting the jobs.
Well if you got a project that’s shovel ready you need someone who is ready to shovel.
I can't believe all those morons voted for this guy. Sheesh.
Well duh! That was easy to see coming with a good portion of the jobs being created will be construction type jobs.
Everyone must E-Verify their work force. No E-Verify, no work!
Well, Heck Ya!
Who did you think those road repair jobs were for, laid off bankers?
This is a stimulus to keep the mexicans, whos votes the Dems rely on now, from going home.
You stupid Americans ain’t goin’ no where, so why waste the money on you? (sarc)
“I am concerned, as I am sure many of your are, that these jobs not simply go to highly skilled people who are already professionals or white male construction workers.”
Robert Reich
Obama Economic Advisor
1/7/2009
Testifying Before Congress
Hey, looks like the Obama jobs plan is working already, since most illegal aliens would be classified as not white and not already being highly skilled professionals.
“The Center for Immigration Studies believes that up to 15% of the new federally funded construction Jobs called for in the massive stimulus signed by President Obama, will be filled by people who are in the country illegally.”
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