[risk]

Mr. Bush has for months tried to drum up congressional support for his plan to give illegal aliens "temporary worker cards" that would allow them to legally hold jobs that U.S. businesses say they can't fill with American labor.

Gee, I guess millions of Americans out of work suggests we need to import foreigners to fill in the gaps?

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey 2000 - 2004

Series Id:           LNS13000000 Seasonal Adjusted Series title:        (Seas) Unemployment Level Labor force status:  Unemployed Type of data:        Number in thousands Age:                 16 years and over
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
2000	5698	5853	5730	5483	5758	5648	5749	5861	5631	5540	5643	5641
2001	5997	6072	6136	6274	6227	6481	6583	7057	7151	7723	8020	8291
2002	8126	8184	8278	8578	8397	8384	8400	8335	8269	8363	8565	8698
2003	8428	8581	8519	8799	8957	9245	9048	8929	8966	8797	8653	8398
2004	8297	8170	8352	8164	8203	8248	8196	8022	8003	8072	8027

 

[Dane]

Gee, I guess millions of Americans out of work suggests we need to import foreigners to fill in the gaps?

Get back to me when you make a career out of being a vegetable picker.