I've had it.

[BeerSwillr]

I've had it with illegal aliens, illegal immigration, and the complicit attitude of US immigration policy!

My 16 year old has been looking for a summer job for the last 3 months, what he's found has been surprising. Not only are there no summer jobs available, there are no jobs available, period, for someone with no experience.

So you say he's not looking hard enough? That the jobs are there, you just have to find them. HA!

All the entry level, low skill jobs that would normally be taken by teenagers and young adults during the summer are being taken by illegal immigrants, at least here in Texas. The few places that don't hire illegals have to contend with 10 or more applicants for each open position.

So who is this hurting you ask? Just a few teenagers who will be back in school in a couple of months? Just a few teenagers that will contribute little to the overall economic picture? WRONG!

You know the answer. It's hurting everyone. Teenagers would spend almost every penny they earned, contributing immensely to the overall economic health of the US. They would be in the malls, movie theaters, and restaurants spending their hard earned pay, leaving their parents free to spend their money on something else.

The illegal aliens? They used to maintain a low profile. Now, they don't bother. They can be seen everywhere; mowing lawns, planting trees, roofing & framing houses, working at the lube shack, pouring concrete, gathering at several official and unofficial day worker hang-outs in the mornings (when it would be extremely easy for immigration to swoop in and arrest them.)

Where you don't and won't see them is out spending their money (except for at Wal-Mart.) You don't see them at Bennigans, Chilis, Tony Romas, Cinemark, the mall, car dealerships, etc.

Know why?

They don't have any money to spend on the US economy because they're sending everything except a small subsistence back to Mexico.

The illegals are not here to help us or the US economy. Anyone that says they are here to take jobs that US citizens don't want is being disingenuous.

They're siphoning off millions of dollars a year from the economy. Not only by taking jobs, but a host of other ways; education benefits, medical assistance, government assistance, thievery, robbery, drug dealing, you name it, they're involved in it.

And what is the Department of Homeland Security™ doing about this? They're putting on a dog and pony show.

They're outlining major new methods of monitoring ports of entry, airports, etc. with biometrics, fingerprinting, radar, facial recognition technology, and who knows what else, while at the same time doing nothing to monitor thousands of miles of open space where, apparently, it is relatively easy to cross into the US.

It seems to me that simple reconnaissance flights over that vast unmonitored territory would be able to identify these border violations and put a stop to, or at least slow, this illegal invasion of our country.

The Department of Homeland Security™ is largely ignoring the issue. Illegal entry into the US continues unabated across our borders.

It makes me sick.

What can we do about it? Other than mew weakly and post articles like this on the large wasteland that is the internet?

Contact your elected officials and let them know what you're thinking. Let them know you will hold them accountable. It's all in our hands.

http://www.senate.gov/

http://www.house.gov/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

[new cruelty]

Shall I call the police?

[dalebert]

Same in OK and AR.

[WFTR]

I don't know what to say except that I agree. I wish I knew a solution to make the government do their job and keep these people out of our country.

Saving a Few Jobs
Bill

[Joe Hadenuf]

Then why don't you post to JR and tell him that.

[tame]

I;m sure Tiffany will if she cares to. She almost never goes on FR as it is.

[GOP_1900AD]

And a major factor in that change has been the change in corporate leadership from the generation who fought in WW-II to those after it particularly the Boomers. Those who have been raised (and indoctrinated in the government schools) with the credo of post-1945 internationalist utopianism view Nationalism as being nearly equal to National Socialism or something along those lines. It is simply "not cool" any more to love one's country, particularly if one wants to be perceived as "cultured, educated, sophisticated" and all that rot. "It's a small world after all.... it's a small world after all...."

[janetgreen]

Huntington Beach California isn't the only one - most towns in southern California have these illegal alien hiring halls, paid for by us.

When did illegal become legal? President Bush needs to fill us in on this.

[Blessed]

There are plenty of people here in Georgia that were earning a living doing work that has been supplanted by cheaper* illegal and immigrant labor.

Maybe you are the one that need s BS called.They are not working any cheaper.You talk to any contractor in Atlanta and he will tell you they are getting full wages and are worth it.The chaper labor is a urban legened passed on from redneck to redneck just like the one about the government putting all the Patells in the convenience stores.

[teeman8r]

gringo es loco y mucho angry...

tell your kid to hang out in front of the drugstore...

[spodefly]

Nobody said that skilled/hard working labor can't come from immigrants, illegal or otherwise, but if you spoke to a contractor that admits to hiring illegals and says they are paid the same as non-illegals, then you are the one buying the urban legends.

Plus, no one believes it was the government that put all the Patells in the convenience stores ... the government put them all in IT ...

[Jhoffa_]

Bump of agreement, Mr. Swillr

[Duramaximus]

"The city of Huntington Beach, California has actually set up a place where illegal aliens can congregate and get picked up for day jobs. I call this "aiding and abetting" a criminal act."

The City of Los Angeles did the exact same thing... it is called the San Fernando Valley.

[Duramaximus]

These words of wisdom MUST be repeated!!!

"Can I be truthful here?

Have you seen the crime close up created by illegal aliens? The drunk driving carnage? The murders? The rapes? Robberies? The never ending fraud and theft?

Have you stood at Broadway and Olympic in Sprawling Los Angeles and looked at the hundreds of thousands of illegals that have turned that once great city into a nightmare of crime, fraud, drugs, cheap tacky stores that are commonly seen in cities like Tijuana?

Ever walked down the big city, anywhere in the southwest United States, and looked at any given intersection, where you will see literally thousands of poor, uneducated illegals pushing multiple baby carriages, surrounded by crowds of other small children. While most all of the women that are pushing baby carriages appear to pregnant? This is on every single corner of almost every single intersection and bus stop. Are they all here to work?

Areas of once nice homes and neighborhoods now filled with 20 or 30 people to a house, involved in every criminal act known to man? So bad that every good neighbor, regardless of race has fled.

Ever seen the organized gangs made up of illegal aliens that prey upon the innocent Hispanics, women and children, or anyone else that crosses their path? Brutal people that don't give a damn about you. People that aren't afraid of your laws or your jails....

Do you honestly think these *millions* of illegals are all here to bus dishes and mow lawns?

Do you really think these people are not choking off our limited social services that were met for American citizens. The social strain caused by this is epic.

Have you ever conducted a criminal fraud investigation involving illegal aliens that make a living counterfeiting anything of value, producing fraudulent ID, SSNs, dealing drugs, prostitution, theft, robbery, and realized that's it's so out of control, so deep, so wide spread, that some people in the business have just fled, realizing this is borderline uncontrollable and down right frightening to even a seasoned investigator?

And finally, do you not think that the illegals that actually want to work are not taking jobs from Americans? Driving down the wages? Driving up our taxes?

Go take a look for yourself. Go alone. Spend a week. Take a hard look."

[Joe Hadenuf]

Thanks, but they are more observations, than words of wisdom. To realize our government is allowing this, is almost to much to bear.

[JusticeLives]

Regarding first 100 posts.
Just want to say I hear ya; someone ought to validate your comments because they're spot-on and ought not go unnoticed.
Thanks for your insight.
This is an Interesting discussion.

JL

[Conspiracy Guy]

I think it's the same everywhere.

[Dick Bachert]

A NATION WITHOUT BORDERS IS NOT A NATION!

[philosofy123]

"There's nobody to take fingerprints where these people cross the border."

We have a gutless government when it comes to illegals! God help us. Our boarder is so open to any one, and lots of terrorists use fake IDs that are easy to get get. If you ever go to any of these terrorists countries, you will be fingerprinted at the door, and searched head to toes.

We are the most desirable destination in the world. I am sure all travelers would put up with some inconvenience in order to secure our boarders.

[YankeeReb]

Why are they so important to President Bush in '04? They can't vote (legally), and those who do will likely vote democrat (more than once). I don't understand why they are important to him. Can you elaborate on this?

From what I can see the GOP is totally beholden to corporate interests, in turn corporations are addicted to cheap labor. Dummycrats see potential votes, so the bottom line is neither party has anything to gain by stopping the tide.