Arrival of aliens ousts U.S. workers

Washington Times ^ | 04-10-06 | Jerry Seper

[Klickitat]

An Alabama employment agency that sent 70 laborers and construction workers to job sites in that state in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina says the men were sent home after just two weeks on the job by employers who told them "the Mexicans had arrived" and were willing to work for less.

Linda Swope, who operates Complete Employment Services Inc. in Mobile, Ala., told The Washington Times last week that the workers -- whom she described as U.S. citizens, residents of Alabama and predominantly black -- had been "urgently requested" by contractors hired to rebuild and clear devastated areas of the state, but were told to leave three job sites when the foreign workers showed up.

"After Katrina, our company had 70 workers on the job the first day, but the companies decided they didn't need them anymore because the Mexicans had arrived," Mrs. Swope said. "I assure you it is not true that Americans don't want to work.

"We had been told that 270 jobs might be available, and we could have filled every one of them with men from this area, most of whom lost their jobs because of the hurricane," she said. "When we told the guys they would not be needed, they actually cried ... and we cried with them. This is a shame."

[mtbopfuyn]

But, but we've been told they only do the jobs Americans won't!!!

Bush lied, Americans lost jobs.

[SR 50]

I believe this story and believe there are many others like it. GO AFTER THE EMPLOYERS OF ILLEGALS, they are the ones that are un-american.

[chris1]

I am so close to favoring impeachment. Think about it, we literally will have millions of foreigners in the streets demanding all sorts of things and a president who refuses to do his job because he is wedded to big business and slave labor. This garbage is unprecedented.

[stopem]

"Mrs. Swope said employment agencies throughout Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi faced similar problems, when thousands of men from Mexico and several Central and South American countries -- many in crowded buses and trucks -- came into the three states after Katrina, looking for employment and willing to work for less money. The number of foreign workers who flooded the area after the hurricane has been estimated at more than 30,000. Many of them have been identified by law-enforcement authorities and others as illegal aliens.

Coming in crowded buses? our govt is allowing the importing of illegals cheap labor, they are importing POVERTY! Can that be good for America, for American workers? 30,000 coming into our country aren't exactly sneaking in now are they?

[Dane]

Bush lied, Americans lost jobs.

Hi DUmmie and I bet if you got your butt from behind the keyboard and down to New Orleans you could find a job in a second.

[Wolfie]

"the Mexicans had arrived" and were willing to work for less.

There it is. Bush knows who his master is.

[APFel]

Did you bother to read the article?

APf

[mtbopfuyn]

Hi DUmmie and I bet if you got your butt from behind the keyboard and down to New Orleans you could find a job in a second.

Back off, Jack. Look at your tagline and tell us all again what Bush has done to stop illegals.

[stopem]

Remember our House and Senate are about to commit the biggest crime against America and Americans by passing a travesty of a bill and we are helpless to do anything about it.

The illegal liberal aliens are allowed to hold our streets hostage and in massive numbers again and again and again and they aren't stopped.

Hundreds of thousands of people taking our streets in numbers that are absolutely outrageous and no one is stopping them, they are throwing bottles at Americans and no one is stopping them.

Their obscene numbers are NOT impressive they are outrageous and meant to intimidate us and to show how fast they can organize to attack.

[Nephi]

Hi DUmmie and I bet if you got your butt from behind the keyboard and down to New Orleans you could find a job in a second.

He's a "DUmmie" because he has taken a popular liberal rant and turned it into a rant with ring of truth to it? Are you saying you've never heard President George W. Nixon utter the words, "...jobs Americans won't do."?

[Dane]

Are you saying you've never heard President George W. Nixon utter the words, "...jobs Americans won't do."?

You are a native born American, how come you are not doing construction or picking vegetables.

[DustyMoment]

Hmmph!! Sounds like some Americans REALLY WERE wanting the jobs that "Americans won't do" and got sent home in favor of the illegals.

Something is terribly amiss with our system, today, and I thank God that my father and most of his WWII comrades are no longer alive to see what has happened to the America they fought to protect and defend. Right now, they must all be spinning in their graves at what is happening to our country.

[Drew68]

I believe this story and believe there are many others like it. GO AFTER THE EMPLOYERS OF ILLEGALS, they are the ones that are un-american.

Exactly. Construction used to be a good job for a man with a limited education and a strong back who was willing to work hard. Such a man could support his family in a solid, middle-class lifestyle slinging a hammer. I know. I worked construction in college and the pay was outrageous.

Now the industry has been taken over by illegals willing to work for a fraction of what Americans were paid. Funny, I haven't seen housing prices plummet as a result. Why? Because the builders still bill the same for the work, they just pocket the difference in wages paid out to their employees, openly breaking the law with a smile on their face and a mountain of cash in their bank accounts.

[GarySpFc]

Dane almost everyone on these boards is well aware you are the mouthpiece for imported slave labor.

[Nephi]

Idiot, did you read the article. It wasn't about me. It was about other Americans and it revealed that "jobs Americans won't do" is a lie.

[Dane]

Dane almost everyone on these boards is well aware you are the mouthpiece for imported slave labor

Imported slave labor? First of all can you show me where the employer has title over an employee and is considered the employer's property and if that employee left for any reason would be considered a fugitive? You can't, but nice try at a straw man and second if anything I'm a mouthpiece for people who do good things such as build buildings and grow food and don't as some do on FR consider them automatically, "evil".

[ConsentofGoverned]

Bush has done us a favor with his globalism/free trade/open borders: these three all go together folks.
Perhaps enough Americans will begin to see the Harm the do gooders in higher Ed (ivy league) and CFR had done by brain washing our leaders (GOP< DEMORAT<CORPERATE (They truly believe millions of illegals here and the move to a one world government will avoid wars and provide higher living standards world wide) They cannot be reasoned with for THEY THINK THEY ARE SAVING THE WORLD..Ask yourself why so many Senators and are very President BUSH insult the Minute Men while keeping the borders open..Any IVY LEAGUE educated politico will have been brain washed into sell out of OUR Constitution (ala Supreme court justices now citing foreign laws to changer OUR Constitution) Americans need to wake up before these Manchurian candidates destroy our Republic.

[Dane]

Idiot, did you read the article. It wasn't about me. It was about other Americans and it revealed that "jobs Americans won't do" is a lie.

Really then why are there tons of jobs still in Katrina hit areas.

[Dane]

Any IVY LEAGUE educated politico will have been brain washed into sell out of OUR Constitution (ala Supreme court justices now citing foreign laws to changer OUR Constitution) Americans need to wake up before these Manchurian candidates destroy our Republic

Yeah, Alito and Roberts are in the same judicial vein as Breyer and Ginsberg.(eyes rolling)