Immigration hurts American workers, lawmaker says (John Hostettler)

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 5/5/2005 | Carolyn Lochhead

[4.1O dana super trac pak]

Washington - Lawmakers looking to reduce immigration turned their attention Wednesday to the slow job market, highlighting two studies concluding that newly arrived immigrants have filled all net U.S. jobs created since 2000.

Rep. John Hostettler, R-Ind., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee panel on immigration and border security, called the results astounding and said immigration - legal and illegal - was hurting American workers.

The study results were sharply disputed by other experts, but even supporters of immigration in both parties found themselves on the defensive over continuing large flows of undocumented workers across the U.S. border with Mexico.

[Enterprise]

"Between March 2000 and March 2004, the number of unemployed adult natives and working immigrants (including citizens) rose in tandem by 2.3 million.

" It would be false to conclude that every job filled by an immigrant is lost by a native, Camarota said. But he added that new immigration "almost certainly has reduced job opportunities" for American-born workers and depressed wages."

Republicans and border wussies better grasp the significance of this - and soon!

[wk4bush2004]

Well, duh!

[Mr. Mojo]

Hostettler has got his head on straight -- a conservative's conservative.

[mlc9852]

Or what? What can we do? They have made it clear they will not try to stop it. We just need more Minutemen. The government won't do it.

[leftcoastlibertarian]

Decades ago, he said, crops were picked by college students and poor city dwellers
College age kids these days can't find work, there is no longer such a thing called a "Summer Job". The current administration is counting on the constant influx of cheap labor to keep inflation in check and counter the negative effects of massive deficit spending. We have now reached the saturation level and the costs of this policy are now coming due. We get what we pay for.

[AZ_Cowboy]

Bump

[drypowder]

immigration - legal and illegal - was hurting American workers

Ya Think!! Back peddling @#%@!@. We hire these people to do what is right and good for this country.

Check out the following stats

*29 have been accused of spousal abuse

*7 have been arrested for fraud

*19 have been accused of writing bad checks

*117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses

*3 have done time for assault

*71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit

*14 have been arrested on drug-related charges

*8 have been arrested for shoplifting

*21 are currently defendants in lawsuits

*84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year

Can you guess which organization this is?

It's the 535 members of the United States Congress.

Maybe we (the Americans who vote) deserve what we get.

[Ben Ficklin]

"Blaming immigrants for the job slowdown is barking up the wrong tree in a forest of many other causes."

[RKV]

So an increased supply of low wage labor doesn't depress the price of such labor? Think again. Remove welfare and you will find many more folks ready to work - even in jobs which require hard physical labor. I myself took time off from my job to work on my father in laws farm for harvest 4 years ago and I am 48 years old.

[26lemoncharlie]

Rep. John Hostettler, R-Ind., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee panel on immigration and border security, called the results astounding and said immigration - legal and illegal - was hurting American workers.

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Who/what finally managed to wake this SOB up!!

[Ben Ficklin]

"Remove Welfare"

The way it ought to be versus the way it is.

[ozarkgirl]

Excellent find! In San Francisco no less!

Americans are sick and tired and we're starting to fight back. The tide is just now turning, I see a big change for America.

Our people who are not "college bound" should be able to get jobs at a decent living wage.

America had slaves (cheap labor!) a couple hundred years ago at the cost of humanity. Shame on these business owners wanting to get rich to the detriment of someone who can't fight back. They just want to get rich and they don't care if it ruins our economy or if it ruins America, so long as they can be rich!!!

[Shermy]

College age kids these days can't find work, there is no longer such a thing called a "Summer Job". The current administration is counting on the constant influx of cheap labor to keep inflation in check and counter the negative effects of massive deficit spending. We have now reached the saturation level and the costs of this policy are now coming due. We get what we pay for.

I agree, but I think the intent for depressing wages is Corporate Conservative strategy in itself, inflation be damned for short term profit increases. The fact that this labor exports a lot of its dollars to the home countries probably is the inflation depressing/deficit-rationalizing byproduct.

[4.1O dana super trac pak]

I think he might have gotten my letter.(-:

[combat_boots]

OK Einstein. You need a study to prove this?

Too bad in one respect that illegals don't threaten Congressional jobs. There'd be changes to the situation in light speed.

[bikepacker67]

Or what? What can we do? They have made it clear they will not try to stop it. We just need more Minutemen. The government won't do it.

"A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government."
~ George Washington