Posted on 05/23/2009 6:45:34 AM PDT by Brilliant
...Burmese refugee Cho Aye traveled 60 miles from Nashville ...to take a place at the head of the line outside Shelbyville's state employment office. The next day, the office was to take applications for $9.35-an-hour jobs processing chicken at the local Tyson Foods plant. Directly behind Ms. Aye...were 16 more Burmese refugees...
Farther back in the line, marked by orange tape and monitored by police, locals like David Curtis seethed. "This is the worst job I have ever applied for," said the 31-year-old welder... Eyeing those ahead of him, he added: "I'm very annoyed foreigners are taking jobs that Americans need."
American workers -- who for years have largely avoided fruit-picking, office-cleaning and meat-processing shifts -- are increasingly vying for these jobs with immigrants, creating flashpoints in places like Shelbyville...
The rising friction has been on display at the employment center here. When Tyson put out an earlier call for applications, in February, shoving and cursing broke out between locals and immigrants...
Now such plants are reporting a surge in applications from U.S.-born workers, says the American Meat Institute... Outside Phoenix, a metropolis that helped define the recent building boom, college-educated Americans are applying for jobs at the JBS SA beef-processing plant...
The battle in Shelbyville reflects not only American workers' reversing fortunes, but also the shrinking opportunities for many immigrants. President Barack Obama and leaders in both parties have said they hope to vote on comprehensive immigration reform. Lawmakers who take a strict line on illegal immigration, such as Texas Rep. Lamar Smith and Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, both Republicans, have said legalizing undocumented workers would hurt American workers during an economic downturn...
Tyson countered that hiring Shelbyville residents first "would be discriminatory and in violation of equal employment law," according to a letter...
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[locals like David Curtis seethed. “This is the worst job I have ever applied for,” said the 31-year-old welder... Eyeing those ahead of him, he added: “I’m very annoyed foreigners are taking jobs that Americans need.”]
If those who voted dem are in this line, they are getting the results of their foolish choice of this past and evil election.
He who sows the wind will reap the whirlwind.
You are correct - voting for the Dems has brought this influx of immigrants. It seems that suddenly there are no jobs that Americans “won’t do” and they are realizing the results of their folly.
On the other hand, if these folks are here legally, they have every right to apply for these jobs along with anyone else.
What would be so wrong with adopting a rational immigration policy in the United States like that?
Yet look at the numbers of unskilled people that we take in. Let's meet our own needs first and then attend to the needs of the rest of the world.
The GOP didn't offer a distinct choice regarding amnesty - McCain was as pro-amnesty as Obama.
Wait till the unskilled immigrants come from Cube. That will be hilarious to Obama. He'll have legitimate U.S. citizens competing for LESS for even more “scorned” jobs. I'm telling ya, he want the U.S. to be a third world country. Whoever makes more will be taxed to death and the “wealth redistributed.”
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Jobs they once scorned or jobs Our Elite Masters told them repeatedly that they scorned?
The redistribution of wealth is a myth. When those who are smart enough to become super-rich leave this tax heavy nation, there will be no wealth to distribute. There will be many, many poor, and we will have a dictator. The conservatives better get on the ball with these elections and tell everyone what this is doing to the nation.
Utter BS!!!!
Whiner! Just wait, if the Obama economic changes ALL take place, you might have to look to Mexico for better.
But W said Americans wouldn’t do these jobs. It’s ironic that his crashing of the economy proved otherwise.
We do have a policy like that, but it isn't enforced by our corrupt politicians.
I’ve had some bad jobs in my life, the worst was washing out used milk cans full of maggots so they could be reused. During the summer the rotten milk, maggots, heat and flies made the job difficult. Other jobs were just as bad but this was the worst.
During GW Bush's term, AMERICANS REALLY WOULD NOT DO THESE JOBS. It is only now that citizens are very grudgingly willing to do these jobs.
Frankly, if I want to hire someone, I would prefer that they like the job they are doing as opposed to thinking "this is the worst job I've ever done". Illegals are still probably better employees for these jobs (because they are happy with these jobs) even if they pay taxes.
if we are to the point where a skilled welder cannot find work in his field we are in deep doo-doo.
That is really untrue of most east asian (oriental) immigrants. However, for the anti immigrant citizen, hell will freeze over before they open the door to the dirty yellow people despite the fact that they assimilate well.
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