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Ron Paul Opposes Benefits for Illegal Aliens

USAPatriot — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 07:34:29 -07:00

Congressman Ron Paul might be misguided in his opposition to a border fence, but at least supports reducing incentives for trying to climb a border fence if one is ever built. In the Republican Presidential Debate on Fox News Ron Paul opposed helping illegal aliens economically saying that we should "attack their benefits" by denying them education, subsides, and citizenship.
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Michele Bachmann Has the Best Immigration Policy

USAPatriot — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 05:17:40 -07:00

Michele Bachmann just hit the nail on its head when it comes to immigration at the Republican Presidential Debate on Fox News. Specifically she said that immigration laws need to be enforced, the border needs to be secure, and we need to remove incentives the make America a magnet for illegal aliens. Incentives that illegals keep coming here for include employment and government benefits. Benefits such as in state tuition, health care, welfare, and basic utilities. We could easily deter illegals from coming here by cracking down on employers who hire them and not spending tax payer money on them.
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A Decade of Immigrant Gains and Citizen Losses

DayLaborNumbers — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 04:13:01 -07:00

According to the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) jobs for immigrants increased while jobs for native citizens decreased between the year 2000 and 2010. During that time period the number of immigrants working increased by 4.5 million while the number of native citizens working went down by 1.1 million. This decrease in jobs for Americans came as the number of working age Americans increased by 13.5 million compared to 6.5 million for immigrants. To sum this up in layman's terms it means that even though immigrants are nowhere close to breeding out the native born population of the United States more of them are working. This could be due to a number of things like them being willing to work for less money, selfish business owners who would rather pick up illegal aliens to do cheap work than pay an honest American, or maybe the Americans just don't feel like working anymore. The latter is highly unlikely, so obviously something needs to be done to fight this. One possible solution would be to require businesses to give preferences to Americans in the hiring process and only hire immigrants if qualified Americans cannot be found. This would limit immigrant workers to jobs nobody wants unless they are highly qualified and offer a skill (ex: doctor, rocket scientist) that companies have a hard time finding.
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Four Occupations Dominated by Immigrant Workers

DayLaborNumbers — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 02:59:25 -07:00

The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) released employment figures identifying four occupations dominated by immigrant workers in the United States. The numbers were for the years 2005 to 2007 and the occupations with percentages of immigrant workers are as follows: Plasterers & Stucco Masons - 56% Graders & Sorters, Agricultural Products - 54% Misc. Personal Appearance Workers - 53% Tailors, Dressmakers, & Sewers - 51% This may appear to be a horrible failure in immigration control, but it should be noted that not all immigrants in this study were illegal aliens and these occupations make up less than 1% of the American workforce. The study also concluded that most natives do not face significant competition from immigrants in the workplace with the exception of low skilled workers often competing for manual labor jobs similar to the ones dominated by immigrants.
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