I agree with the several replies that you posted. Yes sir, stick to the topic. The topic is economics. The fact that we stray from the individuals in the posted article matters little to me. It's still economics, in particular jobs and the availability of jobs for citizens.
Well, the government-estimated population of ILLEGAL immigrants is somewhere around ten million. That affect jobs -- that's a a fact not tinfoil hat stuff.
So here is the connection to ILLEGAL and legal immigrants all included in what the study calls "recent immigrants," citizens and jobs:
"The number of new immigrant employed who came into the U.S. between 2001 and 2003 was estimated to be somewhere between 1.7 and 1.9 million in 2003 while the number of employed native born and established immigrants fell by more than one million between 2000 and 2003."
The study is by the Center for Labor Market Studies Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts. Similar studies were releases over the past couple of years by Pew Hispanic Center and the Center for Immigration Studies.
This one, "New Immigrants in the Labor Force and the Number of Employed New Immigrants in the U.S. from 2000 through 2003: Continued Growth Amidst Declining Employment Among the Native Born Population", is at
http://www.nupr.neu.edu/01-04/immigration_jan.pdf
Any comments?
THANK YOU!
LOL! I am well aware that the illegal immigration is effecting our economy. I am sick of the lies that they only do jobs no one else wants to do- that's a flat out LIE!
But in this story- I tend to think the REAL problem for Ford has been the UNIONS- not illegal immigrants....
am I wrong?