So uncontrolled immigration is hurting the "little guy", while Ted Kennedy sings in Espanol.
Some businesses in Georgia argue that they need large numbers of immigrants because there are not enough native-born Americans to fill jobs that require relatively little education. However, state employment data show that as the number of less-educated immigrant workers has grown dramatically, the share of less-educated natives holding a job in Georgia has declined significantly.
Between 2000 and 2006 the share of less-educated native-born adults (ages 18 to 64) in Georgia holding a job declined from 71 percent to 66 percent. (Less-educated is defined as having no education beyond high school.)
Had employment rates for natives been the same in 2006 as they were in 2000, then 186,000 more less-educated native-born adults and teenagers would have been working. The number of less-educated immigrants holding a job increased by 218,000.
Less-educated blacks in Georgia have seen a somewhat larger decline in employment, from 66 percent holding a job in 2000 to just 60 percent in 2006. >
There are nearly 800,000 less-educated native-born adults in Georgia not working. There are likely between 250,000 and 350,000 less-educated illegal aliens holding jobs in the state.
Wages and salary for less-educated adults in Georgia have stagnated. Over the entire six-year time period of the study, real annual wages for less-educated adults grew by just 1 percent. If there was a labor shortage, wages should be rising fast.
Native-born teenagers (15 to 17 years of age) have also seen a dramatic decline in employment. Between 2000 and 2006 the share of native-born teenagers holding a job declined from 22 percent to 11 percent in the state.
There are about 300,000 native-born teenagers not working in Georgia.
Immigrants (legal and illegal) increased their share of all less-educated workers in Georgia, from 7 percent in 2000 to 19 percent by 2006. Other research indicates that at least half of this growth was from illegal immigrants. Read it all.
The Amnesty Bill will surely increase immigration, guaranteeing that the next generation will be also will be equally squeezed by cheap illegal labor. The first Amnesty Bill passed by Ronald Reagan, has lead us to where we are now, with the working class losing out on the American dream. Competing for jobs against 12-20 million foreigners, willing to work for less than minimum wage.
As Monroe Anderson pointed out, "[Based on] data from the 1960-2000 U.S. census reports, researchers discovered a strong correlation between immigration, black wages, black employment rates and black incarceration rates." ("Immigration hurts blacks"; June 3, 2007) To which I add, while immigration impacts blacks, illegals affect all unskilled and poorly educated, regardless of skin color – the disproportionate effect on black males notwithstanding.
This not a race issue. Illegal immigration compounds our homeland security, joblessness, drugs and crime problems. Our leaders owe it to their respective constituency to protect low wage earners, especially when they are being side-lined from beyond the border by crooked businessmen who apparently have no problem hiring illegally.
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