Among Americans, there are basically two schools of thought on the illegal immigration issue. One is that of those that perform the jobs taken by illegal immigrants; the other is of those who do not. It seems to be popular among the second group to refuse to acknowledge the existence of the first group.
If you are of the later I make this challenge; consider the effect on your job if we were suddenly flooded with individuals from across the border that were able to step in and perform your job as well as you but were happy to do it for minimum wage.
How long do you think it would take before there were few Americans that would want your then minimum wage job?
How long do you think you would hold your present opinion?
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Showing posts with label Immigration. Show all posts
Friday, January 11, 2008
Look Into Thier Eyes
My father was a hard working American who did the right thing. He was poorly educated and worked mostly construction or agricultural jobs. He worked hard, raised his family without taking one dime of charity, and religiously paid into his government mandated pension fund (Social Security). He is now retired and on his 900 per month, can't afford basic needs like food and medicine. How can we look my father in the eye and tell him we need to spend the money he put away for he and my mother on a young family from Latin America. Not because the young family is hungry or threatened with political imprisonment or genocide but simply because they want and deserve a better life in America.
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