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re: Obama's Immigration Speech: Whatcha think?
Posted on 11/21/14 at 11:37 am to cokebottleag
Posted on 11/21/14 at 11:37 am to cokebottleag
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bullshite. THe delta of new jobs created since 2008 have gone to non-us born workers.
I work in oil and gas, in South Texas, and most of this work is to US-born. Meaning I haven't seen or heard of it happening at all. I mean this might exist among mom and pop workers, but given DOT requirements, I don't think any illegal would sign up for a job requiring a CDL. I work for a Fortune 100 company, so hiring illegals is just not possible given payroll auditing, but it might happen I just can't say for sure.
Construction? House keeping? Farming? These are not the majority of new jobs created since 2008. I'd love to see some data behind what you're saying, but EVERYTHING I have seen has shown that illegal immigration has drastically regressed since 2008.
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Posted on 11/21/14 at 11:51 am to TeLeFaWx
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EVERYTHING I have seen has shown that illegal immigration has drastically regressed since 2008.
This isn't about just illegal immigration though.
I work in Manufacturing, and the amount of workers who come to the US and stay on work visas for college graduate level jobs is increasing. In my own self interest, I am not effected by the illegals coming across, its the addition of 1 million MORE guest worker permits for skilled workers that bothers me.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 11:55 am to TeLeFaWx
And to keep on topic (I realize I pivoted with the above post) it isn't just workers. To operate a small service business you don't have to jump through all the hoops as you do to work for a fortune 500 company. My family used to run a small carpet cleaning business, but around 2007 we basically had to close up shop because all our jobs were getting underbid by illegals working out of a minivan or single truck with no business license or requirements on workers comp, etc.
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