Arrival of aliens ousts U.S. workers
By Jerry Seper
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published April 10, 2006
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.........
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060410-123506-1297r.htm
Most of the US citizens would have been willing to work for less too (and the rest would be willing if they weren't getting government handouts). But employers can't take the risk of hiring them for less, because anything below minimum wage, and without all the tax/Medicare/SS/unemployment payments, is illegal, and citizens can and will go to authorities with their complaint. Remove ALL employer restrictions on wages, benefits, "discrimination" in hiring and firing, and there will be swarms of Americans taking the jobs currently performed by illegals. Not one politician has been willing to stand up and point out this obvious underlying cause of the "illegals" problem, and the obvious solution.
Fascinating.