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The Impact of New Immigrants (Illegal Immigrant take 50% of new jobs since 2001)
Center for Immigration Studies ^ | 09/22/2006 | Andrew Sum, Paul Harrington, and Ishwar Khatiwada

Posted on 09/22/2006 9:55:45 AM PDT by Tiger007

Over the 2000-2005 period, immigration levels remained very high and roughly half of new immigrant workers were illegal. This report finds that the arrival of new immigrants (legal and illegal) in a state results in a decline in employment among young native-born workers in that state. Our findings indicate that young native-born workers are being displaced in the labor market by the arrival of new immigrants...

(Excerpt) Read more at cis.org ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: California; US: New Mexico; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; atzlan; employment; guestworkers; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; immigration; invasion; reconquista; tancredo08
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1 posted on 09/22/2006 9:55:46 AM PDT by Tiger007
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To: Tiger007

Can anybody say tancredo propaganda.


2 posted on 09/22/2006 9:56:50 AM PDT by Dane ("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
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To: Tiger007

I have a slightly funny feeling that this could be an IBTZ moment.

Of course, I could be wrong. Interesting piece.


3 posted on 09/22/2006 9:56:52 AM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: Tiger007
"The Impact of New Immigrants (Illegal Immigrant take 50% of new jobs since 2001)"

Quick, somebody go tell President Bush that illegals are invading our country by the millions and they are taking jobs away from American citizens and are committing a great many crimes. I'm sure the President will come to the aid of Americans if he only knew about this travesty. hehehe

4 posted on 09/22/2006 10:00:51 AM PDT by TheCrusader
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To: pollyannaish

On Fox & Friends there was a segment on the displacement of young workers by illegals but I didn't catch where they got their information.


5 posted on 09/22/2006 10:03:21 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: Tiger007
I plowed through that quickly. The words "this would suggest" seem to appear very often. Also, the lines between illegal and legal immigrants are severely blurred.

So, let me ask this single question: If half of all the new jobs are being filled by illegals, what would happen if the illegals suddenly had to go home, especially given the fact our unemployment rate is hovering somewhere between 4-5%.

TIA.
6 posted on 09/22/2006 10:03:49 AM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: mtbopfuyn

Yep...I appear to be wrong on the IBTZ. So...I take it back.

However, I think this article is what I would call "advocacy." Not a bad thing, but something to approach skeptically. You know...lies, damned lies, and statistics.


7 posted on 09/22/2006 10:05:37 AM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: All

It didn't take long for the idiots to arrive.


8 posted on 09/22/2006 10:06:15 AM PDT by Marine Inspector (Customs & Border Protection Officer)
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To: Dane
I'm beginning to wonder if David Duke has put out another memo to Storm Front about infiltrating websites using illegal immigration threads. (FreeRepublic was on their list)
9 posted on 09/22/2006 10:10:30 AM PDT by 1035rep
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To: 1035rep

"I'm beginning to wonder if David Duke has put out another memo to Storm Front about infiltrating websites using illegal immigration threads. (FreeRepublic was on their list)"

LaRaza certainly has.


10 posted on 09/22/2006 10:15:22 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: Marine Inspector

Last night my wife said a family of 6 showed up in the emergency room of the hospital where she works. The father said in broken english that they were all ill with some kind of stomach pains except the children appeared to be fine. In any case they all got "free" checkups and a social worker due to the fact that they had no insurance or money to pay for care.

By today they've probably already gotten their emergency food stamps and are well on their way to renting a house on the taxpayer dime.


11 posted on 09/22/2006 10:15:51 AM PDT by cripplecreek (If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
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To: Tiger007

Man! THAT must be why he have such historically high unemployment!

Oh, wait...


12 posted on 09/22/2006 10:16:32 AM PDT by zbigreddogz
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To: dljordan

Can you post the link or the memo?


13 posted on 09/22/2006 10:17:04 AM PDT by 1035rep
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To: Tiger007

Chart 5 shows that even among males with 13+ years of education there has been a statistically significant decrease in employment. Something strange is going on because I don't believe for a minute that immigrants are displacing highly educated males. I suspect that there are social factors other than immigration affecting this. And those social factors are affecting all demographic groups.


14 posted on 09/22/2006 10:17:07 AM PDT by SolidSupplySide
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To: Marine Inspector
It didn't take long for the idiots to arrive.

It's too bad you don't have the guts to confront people head on and make your remarks behind their back.

15 posted on 09/22/2006 10:18:07 AM PDT by Howlin (Declassify the Joe Wilson "Report!")
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To: pollyannaish

"So, let me ask this single question: If half of all the new jobs are being filled by illegals, what would happen if the illegals suddenly had to go home, especially given the fact our unemployment rate is hovering somewhere between 4-5%."


Dont ask such logical questions


16 posted on 09/22/2006 10:18:23 AM PDT by catholicfreeper
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To: SolidSupplySide
Chart 5 shows that even among males with 13+ years of education there has been a statistically significant decrease in employment. Something strange is going on because I don't believe for a minute that immigrants are displacing highly educated males. I suspect that there are social factors other than immigration affecting this. And those social factors are affecting all demographic groups.

My explanation: Baby boomers are retiring. This analysis is flawed flawed flawed.

17 posted on 09/22/2006 10:18:52 AM PDT by SolidSupplySide
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To: SolidSupplySide
My explanation: Baby boomers are retiring. This analysis is flawed flawed flawed.

Take that back. Table 5 only looks at 16-24 year olds. Whatever is going on, it also affects the highly educated. Therefore, immigration is not the explanation.

18 posted on 09/22/2006 10:21:57 AM PDT by SolidSupplySide
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19 posted on 09/22/2006 10:27:56 AM PDT by gubamyster
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To: pollyannaish
So, let me ask this single question: If half of all the new jobs are being filled by illegals, what would happen if the illegals suddenly had to go home, especially given the fact our unemployment rate is hovering somewhere between 4-5%.

Some business owners that wouldn't have been in able to stay in business or wouldn't have been in business in the first place if they didn't hire illegal aliens at wages below the going rate will go out of business. Other business owners that made a killing off of paying lower wages to illegal aliens will have to make due with a little less profit when they pay American citizens to work for them. I don't see a problem.

20 posted on 09/22/2006 10:29:15 AM PDT by Elyse
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To: Tiger007
6,000 cross into the USA every night. We need UAV's, not balloons from Boeing. And we need armed troops, forced work camps for caught illegals, and highway checkpoints.

It's an invasion.

21 posted on 09/22/2006 10:32:32 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: Elyse

I need to make sure I understand.

You are saying, It does not matter to you that businesses will go out of business or not be able to make "a killing" aka a profit? Am I understanding you correctly?

If so, in your opinion, what is a fair profit for a business to make?


22 posted on 09/22/2006 10:33:35 AM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: 1035rep

Unfort they were too busy. One of their members was too busy interviewing Pat Buchanan last week on their favorite radio show


23 posted on 09/22/2006 10:35:29 AM PDT by catholicfreeper
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To: SolidSupplySide
Take that back. Table 5 only looks at 16-24 year olds. Whatever is going on, it also affects the highly educated. Therefore, immigration is not the explanation

13+ years of education includes those that are in college. When my daughters were in college a few years back they needed to work extra jobs for spending money. There are a lot of college kids that look for lower skilled part-time jobs like working in fast food joints, restaurants and convenience stores while they are going through college.

24 posted on 09/22/2006 10:37:42 AM PDT by Elyse
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To: Tiger007
I like my amnesty plan!
Please call them INVADERS and don't compare them to people who are legal aliens!
IF you aid and abet CRIMINALS, you are a criminal!

President Bush has been great on most things except for our border.
He has been great on the war on terrorists.
But on the border he is a gross failure.
He acted fast and correct on the 3,000+ people murdered at the world trade center.
He ignores the many rapes, murders and robberies which is much larger than the murders and money loss at the world trade center.
More Americans are abducted on the border of Mexico than in Iraq!

Start building the fence.
It should be made a felony for Criminals who overstay their visas and Invaders.

I believe we should give amnesty to these poor CRIMINALS or INVADERS.
This should be a 2 week amnesty to get the heck out of our Country.
The ones who ignore this amnesty should be buried in a tent city jail and fined $10,000 or buried elsewhere.
All aiders and abettors of these CRIMINALS or INVADERS should get 1 year in a tent city jail and a $10,000 fine for each CRIMINAL aided.
Those in government should be the first ones charged.
25 posted on 09/22/2006 10:37:47 AM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
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To: catholicfreeper

That figures.


26 posted on 09/22/2006 10:37:53 AM PDT by 1035rep
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To: All

Control the borders ASAP.
Implement meaningful interior enforcement.
Create a guest worker program with zero possibility of amnesty.


27 posted on 09/22/2006 10:39:56 AM PDT by umgud
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To: Tiger007
Doesn't take long for Dane and the rest of the pro invasion crowd to post a negative response.

Must be a paid job for them, probably on the La Raza payroll

As if the proof of these numbers isn't evident around us everyday.

28 posted on 09/22/2006 10:43:49 AM PDT by johncatl (...governs least, governs best.)
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To: TheCrusader
"Quick, somebody go tell President Bush that illegals are invading our country by the millions and they are taking jobs away from American citizens and are committing a great many crimes. I'm sure the President will come to the aid of Americans if he only knew about this travesty."

I know you are being sarcastic but it amazes me that any administration that defines itself on the issue of national security could essentially leave us with wide-open borders and allow millions opon millions of illegals to roam around the country unaccounted for. It already has come back to bite us with the huge cost of educating the illegals, the cost of fighting the crime the commit, and the cost of providing services for them. Eventually I think we'll have a terrorist incident of some sort perpetrated by people who slip into our country through our porous border.
29 posted on 09/22/2006 10:43:59 AM PDT by SmoothTalker
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To: SmoothTalker

I heard in passing the other day that another emergency room is shutting it's doors in Los Angeles. I think it was Daniel Freeman Medical Center.


30 posted on 09/22/2006 10:45:49 AM PDT by antceecee (Western countries really aren't up to winning this war on terror... it might offend the terrorists.)
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To: Dane; All

Between 2000 and 2005, 4.1 million immigrant workers arrived from abroad, accounting for 86 percent of the net increase in the total number of employed persons (16 and older), the highest share ever recorded in the United States.

Of the 4.1 million new immigrant workers, between 1.4 and 2.7 million are estimated to be illegal immigrants. This means that illegal immigrants accounted for up to 56 percent of the net increase in civilian employment in the United States over the past five years.


There is some funny math here.

Half the new jobs taken by immigrants? Hogwash.


31 posted on 09/22/2006 10:50:16 AM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
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To: pollyannaish
You are saying, It does not matter to you that businesses will go out of business or not be able to make "a killing" aka a profit? Am I understanding you correctly?

Yes, you are understanding me. I don't care if every business that hired illegal aliens goes out of business.

The business owners that have hired legal workers and made a fair profit all along will still be in business. The business owners that have made higher profits by hiring illegal workers will be on an even playing field again, profit wise, with those that have obeyed the law all along.

32 posted on 09/22/2006 10:53:14 AM PDT by Elyse
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To: mtbopfuyn

"On Fox & Friends there was a segment on the displacement of young workers by illegals but I didn't catch where they got their information."

No need too. Stop off at any local State technical high school. Ask the kids who's taking up all the entry level / apprentice jobs in the trades.


33 posted on 09/22/2006 10:56:14 AM PDT by taxed2death (A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
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To: rwfromkansas

see post 33. Don't believe anyone....stop off at your local state trade high school. Ask for yourself.


34 posted on 09/22/2006 10:57:49 AM PDT by taxed2death (A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
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To: Tiger007

bump for publicity


35 posted on 09/22/2006 10:59:57 AM PDT by VOA
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To: johncatl

"Dane and the rest of the pro-invasion crowd"

And their arguments are so thoughtful, rational and lucid . . . oh no, I believe I just stuck my tongue through my cheek!
Series, they remind me of the young Kentuckian being tested for a railroad job. The question said, "Train A is heading south at 30 mph, while train B is heading north at 25 mph. The switch at the depot is five miles from where you are working. What do you do?"
He got to this question, scribbled his answer and turned in his exam.
The proctor read his answer: "I'd fetch my brother."
"Why would you do that?", asked the proctor of the applicant.

"`Cause he ain't never seen no train wreck!"

Their screeds are a lot like that ...............


36 posted on 09/22/2006 11:00:34 AM PDT by tumblindice (close the damn border)
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To: pollyannaish
I have a slightly funny feeling that this could be an IBTZ moment.

Hmm, a newbie who only posts immigration threads, yeah I smell a ZOT candidate.

37 posted on 09/22/2006 11:00:48 AM PDT by COEXERJ145 (Free Republic is Currently Suffering a Pandemic of “Bush Derangement Syndrome.”)
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To: Elyse

I agree with you completely on principle. However, there are some issues with the functionality of the current system of checking for illegals. It needs to be modernized. So for now, I would add the word "intentionally" to your position.

Many employers in my neck of the woods are scared to death to pursue immigration status too aggressively because they will get sued by lawyers just circling around waiting to catch someone on discrimination. The loss to companies that lose those battles is enormous and good, well-intentioned companies can get completely blown out of the water and that can hurt or destroy entire communities.

I once had a boss that never hired an Mexican because he was scared to death that he would get nailed one way or another. It was never spoken, and he felt that what he was doing was deeply morally wrong. But he was caught between a rock and a hard place because of the way the government was doing it's business. But I can understand how this would scare LEGAL immigrants to death.

This problem needs to be straightened out soon...for the good of companies AND for the good of immigrants. I think congress/senate has at least started in the right direction. However, this is a very complex problem. It is bigger than just "building a wall" although, that is a fine first step.


38 posted on 09/22/2006 11:02:22 AM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: 1035rep

I think there are some that never left.


39 posted on 09/22/2006 11:02:59 AM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: SolidSupplySide
This analysis is flawed flawed flawed.

Amen, amen, amen. We could be headed for a serious and significant worker shortage in this country.

40 posted on 09/22/2006 11:06:24 AM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: taxed2death

Trades are for less educated groups of people. Probably immigrants are taking up many of those jobs. I question the information because it indicates they are even taking over jobs requiring a lot of education.


41 posted on 09/22/2006 11:07:16 AM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
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To: pollyannaish
I think there are some that never left.

I'm sure you're right about that.  They will never change a single mind. The dishonesty about this issue is a complete turnoff, and that is why they will fail with this tactic. 

42 posted on 09/22/2006 11:09:55 AM PDT by 1035rep
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To: Marine Inspector
You need to think about this logically, sir. No offense, but many of us actually try to look at the long term impact of public policy.

Illegal immigration is a major problem. However, kneejerk fixes could cause significant systemic problems as our workforce ages and retires.

This kind of "analysis" which is deeply flawed and leaves out broad demographic shifts in an effort to push an agenda, is damaging to our country, to our ability to think things through logically...and to your pocketbook.

We may be idiots, but at least most of us try to consider consequences without freaking out about other people trying to steal the country away.
43 posted on 09/22/2006 11:10:38 AM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: catholicfreeper

;-)

Emotion and fear are NOT our friends when confronting this issue. The hysteria over it is absolutely driving me crazy.

BTW, Where'd Tiger go? I'd like an answer.


44 posted on 09/22/2006 11:12:38 AM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: Howlin

One wins in many ways. ; )


45 posted on 09/22/2006 11:13:24 AM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: SolidSupplySide
Maybe the blind eye to the border and illegals, etc., is a direct result of demographics of the boomers retiring and Corporate America needs more workers and consumers?

Is it possible, this is such a dire situation that the gov is keeping the real data buried as for the general public not to panic and invest in canned food and concrete, etc.?

46 posted on 09/22/2006 11:13:47 AM PDT by RSmithOpt (Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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To: johncatl

Someone is getting paid to do this? Holy cow, I'm being ripped off.


47 posted on 09/22/2006 11:14:40 AM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: 1035rep; Dane

"Can you post the link or the memo?"

You mean the meom from LaRaza telling it's minions to infiltrate FR? I think Dane has that one.


48 posted on 09/22/2006 11:15:23 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: COEXERJ145
My gut instinct may still prove correct.

We'll see.
49 posted on 09/22/2006 11:16:18 AM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: rwfromkansas

"Trades are for less educated groups of people."

Yea, funny.
The guys who I graduated with from my local trade high school 30 years ago are now the local business owners (myself included). They own plumbing supply places...Auto Body shops...Electrician services and "less educated" businesses like that....more than a few are raking in $250,000 a year.


50 posted on 09/22/2006 12:04:42 PM PDT by taxed2death (A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
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