http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/cheaplabor/ en-us Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:08:15 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343908/posts 19 Terrorists vs Millions of Illegal Aliens September 19, 2009 by DC Lee - A Woodward Report Columnist On September 11, 2001, nineteen terrorists murdered nearly three thousand in a quest to bring the United States to its knees. Today, however, million of illegal aliens are bringing American to its knees in a much different way. They are exploding spending in health care, welfare, education and if steps are not taken soon, they will bring the US economy to the brink of collapse. The United States was created with immigrants poured into a melting pot that made us the envy... The Woodward Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343908/posts#comment Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:08:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311372/posts They're not just like the Irish--or the Italians or the Poles, for that matter. The large influx of Hispanic immigrants after 1965 represents a unique assimilation challenge for the United States. Many optimistic observers have assumed--incorrectly, it turns out--that Hispanic immigrants will follow the same economic trajectory European immigrants did in the early part of the last century. Many of those Europeans came to America with no money and few skills, but their status steadily improved. Their children outperformed them, and their children's children were often indistinguishable from the "founding stock." The speed of economic assimilation varied somewhat by ethnic... American Enterprise Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311372/posts#comment Sat, 8 Aug 2009 15:38:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303923/posts General Motors is spending more money where it counts: Latin America. The Latin American market has been generous to the struggling automaker despite struggles at home. Today, GM announced a $1 billion plan to expand its vehicle lineup in Brazil. "We believe the Brazilian market will be very strong, will continue to grow at a rate of at least 5 percent a year and we also believe in the prospects for exports of the new models," Jaime Ardila, GM's chief executive for Brazil and the Mercosur region of South America, said in a statement. Ardila added that GM showed record... Mlive http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303923/posts#comment Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:59:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2302051/posts ('Cry me a river, illegals denied their RIGHTS!' alert!) For decades, Huffines Plaza in Lewisville (TX) has been an unofficial gathering spot for day laborers. The shopping center, along Interstate 35E near State Highway 121, provides quick and easy access for employers who need an extra hand willing to give a day's work for a day's pay. While this informal employment system seems to have worked for years with few problems, day laborers no longer feel welcome at the plaza, where "no trespassing" signs have been posted recently and police have been asked to start enforcing trespassing laws. Dallas Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2302051/posts#comment Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:31:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297473/posts ...unlike in 2006, when Democratic and Republican reformers agreed on what was needed in an immigration law overhaul, this year there's a new fault line. It surfaced when Obama called lawmakers to the White House to discuss immigration...Obama had said little about what he wants in a bill -- in fact, he has been studiously vague. But McCain knew enough about what has (and has not) been said recently by immigration experts close to the White House and those pushing Obama to take up reform that he felt it necessary to launch a preemptive strike. This year, organized labor and... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297473/posts#comment Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:59:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291359/posts -snip- Day laborer Wayne Coldiron, 41, turned himself in to Escambia County authorities and Leonard P. Gonzalez Jr., 35, was arrested in neighboring Santa Rosa County, Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan said. Earlier Sunday, authorities charged Gonzalez's father, Leonard P. Gonzalez Sr., with evidence tampering. Police said the 56-year-old tried to paint over and hide damage on a red van that was spotted on surveillance video leaving the home where Byrd and Melanie Billings were shot to death Thursday. Eight of the couple's children were asleep in the house when the shootings took place. -snip- Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291359/posts#comment Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:26:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2289303/posts The uber-establishment Council on Foreign Relations said Wednesday it favors granting legal status to many of the roughly 12 million illegal immigrants in the U.S., creating a guest worker program for low-skilled foreign workers to come and work in the U.S and opposes local police getting to conduct immigration raids. The CFR issued an immigration policy report Wednesday that looks to lift caps on foreign university students in the U.S. and allow skilled foreign graduates to get more work visas. The international policy group also wants to create legal paths to citizenship for the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants already... Phoenix Business Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2289303/posts#comment Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:22:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2288674/posts President Obama will abandon a controversial immigration crackdown, sought by his predecessor, to pressure U.S. companies to fire 9 million workers with suspect Social Security numbers, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced yesterday. Instead, Obama will mandate that federal contractors confirm the identities of 4 million workers against federal databases beginning in September, pushing ahead under pressure from Senate Republicans with another long-stalled Bush administration initiative. Napolitano said her department will rescind a 2007 rule, tied up in federal court, that would have sent Social Security "no-match" letters to 140,000 U.S. employers. The notices were to warn companies to resolve... WaPo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2288674/posts#comment Thu, 9 Jul 2009 06:39:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285428/posts The Miami-Dade schools chief has promised he'll continue to provide educational programs to migrant children, but the head of the housing authority says his agency can do better. A day after two schools for migrant children were padlocked, Miami-Dade Superintendent Alberto Carvalho vowed to do everything in his power to reopen them. ''I have decided that it is not our intention to leave,'' Carvalho said outside The Redland Education Center, surrounded by 100 parents, educators and members of the Florida Farmworkers Association. Turning to the farmworkers who bring their children to The Redland and the South Dade Education Centers after... Miami Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285428/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:51:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283476/posts WASHINGTON – The Obama administration launched investigations of hundreds of businesses around the country Wednesday as part of its strategy to focus immigration enforcement on the employers who hire illegal workers. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has begun notifying businesses of plans to audit their I-9 forms — employment eligibility documents that employers fill out for every worker — the agency told members of Congress in an e-mail Wednesday. Immigration officers served "Notices of Inspection" to 625 businesses, the Homeland Security Department said. By comparison, 503 such notices were issued to businesses last year, the agency said. Yahoo from AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283476/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:11:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284134/posts A News 8 investigation found that hundreds of aircraft mechanics have been brought into the United States to work at aircraft repair facilities. Insiders say the companies that are importing the mechanics are so eager to save money, they’re overstating their qualifications. The result may be a threat to safety, abetted by lax enforcement of immigration law. At daybreak any morning at San Antonio Aerospace, hundreds of workers amble through the gates for the day shift. They repair big jets like Airbuses, Boeing 757s and MD-11s. But, despite the fact that it's a huge facility in the middle of the... WFAA-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284134/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:33:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284138/posts Citing a backlash from customers who complained that they were finding Indian accents hard to understand, Delta Air Lines has dropped the use of Indian call centers to handle sales and reservations. Delta is retaining its call centers in Jamaica and South Africa, which generate far fewer complaints. Under criticism from angry Florida lawmakers, JP Morgan has also announced that it will no longer route food stamp recipient calls to Indian call centers. The company services Florida’s Electronic Benefit Transfer program. The company directed overflow calls from EBT card holders to two Indian call centers. Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Valrico, said,... LittleIndia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284138/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:36:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284048/posts When 21-year-old Rigoberto was working on construction sites in the US, he could earn up to $400 a week. Now that he is back home in Mexico, working as a farmhand, he makes just $65. And that is why there are estimated to be between eight and 12 million Mexicans in the US. It is also why the US economic crisis spells disaster for its southern neighbour. I met Rigoberto in a pretty little town in central Mexico called Jungapeo. I also met Martin, who has three sons working in the US. But times are hard for them too -... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284048/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 13:58:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2283300/posts Robert and Kay Lynn lay in bed shortly after closing on their new home in the Blue Oaks subdivision in Rancho Murieta, Calif., abutting an 18-hole golf course. They were listening to the “pop, pop, pop” of what they thought were acorns falling onto the roof. The Lynns soon realized those were not acorns dropping on the roof. “Little did we know it was the house cracking,” says Mrs. Lynn, 67 years old. Mr. Lynn, 68, says they bought the property in 2002 for $357,000 as a weekend home and an investment. The stucco house was moving and shifting, with... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2283300/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 15:16:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283293/posts A U.S. federal probe has found that about a third of American Apparel's factory workers in the Los Angeles area had supplied suspect or invalid records and were not authorized to work in the United States. The findings, from a January 2008 federal investigation, may deal a blow to the corporation's image as a proponent of immigration reform. But the company said on Tuesday the potential loss of those 1,800 workers would have no significant impact on its results. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency found that some 1,600 current employees at American Apparel's Los Angeles factories appeared to... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283293/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 15:08:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265230/posts US officials say they have greatly shortened delays in getting visas faced by foreign students and researchers, many of whom come from India and China. The time needed for a visa security review, which is aimed at preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, will be reduced from several months to two weeks. The changes follow complaints from academic and scientific organisations over the past year. "We are confident that the new streamlined process both dramatically reduces wait times and maintains the same level of security," Stephen Heifetz, deputy assistant secretary for policy development at the Department of Homeland... Telegraph (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265230/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 05:03:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242262/posts WASHINGTON - Congress should enact "badly needed" immigration reforms to bring in both unskilled and skilled foreign workers if it wants to maintain the nation's economic vitality, former Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan said Thursday. Greenspan called for both a temporary worker program for low-skilled jobs and for an increase in visas for highly skilled workers...in testimony at the first Senate hearing this year on the prospects of an immigration overhaul. Noting the "very large participation" of undocumented workers in both low- and high-skilled jobs, he said, "if you were to remove either of those groups, the economy would be... Newsday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242262/posts#comment Fri, 1 May 2009 19:42:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233202/posts The immigration bottom line: We need more legal avenues. WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233202/posts#comment Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:18:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222172/posts WASHINGTON: In the first-ever indication of its stand on H-1B visas popular among Indian professionals, the Obama administration has informed a court that the US needs this scheme to avoid "competitive disadvantage" the American companies could face otherwise. A submission in this regard was recently filed by Michael F Hertz, acting assistant attorney general, in response to a lawsuit filed by a group of three US bodies, nine individuals and two students challenging government's decision to extend from one year to 29 months the duration of foreign nationals with engineering, science and other technical degrees who can work in the... PTI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222172/posts#comment Sat, 4 Apr 2009 12:40:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2204765/posts The second-biggest bank of the US, JP Morgan Chase, which acquired Washington Mutual and Bear Stearns recently, will increase its outsourcing to India by 25% this year to nearly $400 million. It will also manage the integration of the acquired companies from India to bring down the cost of integrating different information technology (IT) systems. Right now, JP Morgan outsources $250-300 million worth of IT and back-office projects every year to Cognizant, TCS and Accenture, apart from to its own captive centre in Mumbai. Businessweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2204765/posts#comment Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:16:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2203619/posts There are a couple of interesting articles in the news about illegal immigration today. Let's take a look at this one. http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2009/03/08/a1a_homedepot_0309.html?imw=Y Apparently mobs of 'day laborers' (euphemism for illegal alien) are descending on Home Depot customers as they attempt to go shopping. Naturally enough, the shoppers find this intimidating, if not frightening. With the typical corporate courage so common among businesses today, Home Depot's reply is basically 'this isn't our problem'. Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2203619/posts#comment Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:47:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201898/posts My translation: The owners of Charmex a maquiladora in Mexicali Baja California was caught by its employees moving it machine back to the US in the middle of the night. The company had been in Mexical for 17 years and had been losing money and planned to re-open in the US. The article uses the verb fuga which means escape or getaway, and not in a nice way. When a compnay closes in Mexico the are reqiured by law to pay a severance and this is what Charmex is trying to avoid. La Cronica http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201898/posts#comment Sun, 8 Mar 2009 14:50:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194461/posts Can you stimulate the economy by shutting out foreign workers? Sens. Bernie Sanders and Chuck Grassley think so. And for all his anti-protectionist rhetoric, President Obama has shown surprisingly little interest in stopping them. The stimulus bill the president signed into law restricts the use of bank bailout funds (money banks get from the Financial Stability Plan, formerly known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program) to hire skilled foreign workers under the H-1B visa program. This slap at open labor markets is downplayed as a dramatic but toothless gesture in favor of "Hire American," nice companion to the "Buy American"... Forbes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194461/posts#comment Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:43:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185853/posts WASHINGTON: US federal authorities have claimed to have unearthed a major H-1B visa racket with the arrest of at least 11 persons, most of them suspected to be of Indian origin. Though the officials did not reveal the citizenship of those arrested, the names released indicated that almost all of them are either Indian or persons of Indian origin. Vision Systems Group, an IT company headquartered in South Plainfield New Jersey, has been indicted on 10 federal counts including conspiracy and mail fraud charge. Viswa Mandalapu is its CEO and president, according to the information available on the company's website. Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185853/posts#comment Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:29:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185616/posts "We're probably anticipating a big crowd to start to live in Shelbyville," said Father Boutros Boutros. Boutros leads a congregation of about 1,700 families. Recently, dozens more arrived in Nashville from Egypt on temporary visas. Some of them of them have alreadyu been hired by tyson food! WSMV NASHVILLE Tennessee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185616/posts#comment Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:20:02 GMT