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12/2/2012 1:44:32 AM
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People are misinformed, illegal immigrants aren't taking your jobs
"Illegal immigrants are taking our jobs!" is a regurgitated falsehood floating around these days. They aren't taking your jobs; they're taking the jobs you don't want and doing them better and cheaper than you could do them.
Do you want to pick strawberries in the heat of the summer? I doubt it.
Do you want to wait outside Home Depot for some cheap day labor? Highly unlikely.
Illegals aren't becoming doctors, lawyers, and politicians.
Illegals aren't becoming teachers, cops, and firemen.
Illegals aren't becoming accountants or working in HR.
They're doing the jobs you don't want, so you can aspire to bigger, better things.
What are your thoughts on illegal immigrants?
[Edited on 12.01.2012 5:44 PM PST]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Garland [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] coolmike699 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Garland [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] coolmike699 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Garland There are no unwanted jobs. Illegals displace citizens for low-skill jobs because employers can pay them below minimum wage, something they can't do to legal citizens and immigrants. It's not a matter of them doing "jobs nobody else will," it's a matter of economics.[/quote] Most farmers don't pay by the hour, they pay for every unit of food picked. Again, if citizens were so willing to do these jobs, then why is it that when farmers put out requests, none show up? [/quote]Where are you getting farmers from?[/quote] [url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2011/1022/Anti-illegal-immigration-bill-stokes-backlash-in-Alabama-fields]Here[/url] [url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/04/agriculture-industry-e-verify-illegal-immigration_n_871391.html]And here.[/url][/quote]1. Are you saying that picking crops are the only jobs that illegal immigrants are doing? 2. [quote]Yet agribusiness leaders say US workers are not accustomed to farm work and would drive up costs by demanding higher pay and benefits.[/quote]So basically, what I was saying: economics.[/quote] In part.
