Posted on 05/29/2006 2:40:47 PM PDT by Jim_Curtis
Dr. Barry Chiswick, head of and research professor at the Department of Economics at the University of Illinois in Chicago, said this:
What about the impact on low-skilled American workers? How does a large amount of new labor into the country impact American workers of low skill?
He was blunt. He told it like it was. He said:
There is a competition in the labor market, and the large increase in low-skilled immigration that we have seen over the last 20 years has had a substantial negative effect on the employment and earnings opportunities of low-skilled American workers.
He goes on to add:
The large increase in low-skilled immigration has had the effect of decreasing the wages and employment opportunities of low-skilled workers who are currently resident in the United States.
We have some Members on the other side who want to bring in five times as many low-skilled workers as we bring in today. Do they want to dispute the professor from Chicago?
(Excerpt) Read more at sessions.senate.gov ...
Even the liberal economics professors can't deny the disasterous effects of illegal and massive legal immigration.
No blue collar worker in his right mind would vote to artificially devalue his own labor. The conservatives will win this issue if they can get through to the working citizens.
Sadly our elected officials live in a fantasy world where everyone should be a PHD and work behind a desk. In the real world there are a lot of people who don't want to be tied to a desk and are proud to wear the blue collar.
Did he talk about high-skill labor and H-1b Visas?
There were several economists that testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee in April. Other testimony contradicted Chiswick. I wonder why Sessions is ignoring their testimony?
Testimony on the Economic Impacts of Immigration Before the Senate Judiciary Committee
There is a potential for a billion of these "jobs Americans won't do". There is even a potential for a billion jobs Mexican illegals are unwilling to do.
If slavery were made legal, billions of "labor opportunities" would open right here in the US.
A "job Americans won't do" is a job that should be done elsewhere.
Immigration lawyers... Now there's an unbiased source if if ever seen one.
Can they put Senators on Mt. Rushmore?
He really has fought the good fight on the illegal alien issue.
Are you saying that Chiswick's testimomy is biased? If so, you would have to say that Sessions is lying because he is quoting Chiswick.
Good tag line! :)
...and in other news of the obvious, the sun came up today.
If you think Mexicans work cheap wait until the NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) is expanded into Central and South America. Wait until you find out how cheap a Peruvian llama herder will work.
What does it tell you if labor wages have decreased during good economic times in industries that hire the most illegal immigrants?
The industries that have lowered the wages of their workers are the same industries that are demanding more foreign workers. How can they lower wages if there is a labor shortage?
Maybe we should just let immigration lawyers write a new bill and send it directly to the president for his signature.
Because they are purposely kept ignorant. It should be the job of conservatives to inform them that they are voting against their own self-interest by devaluing their own labor. The workers will be easily convinced of the obvious when it is brought to their attention.
Perhaps we should just up the ante on minimum wage to. . .$20 or more. . .an hour.
This is one reason for legal and illegal immigration is to force down the minimum wage.Real Americans have responsibilities and illegals do not,so Real Americans won't even be able to survive.Another da*n pro business piece of legislation without calling it such.If the da*n American companies can't make it on what they got,then let em go under!!
If you are bothered by the source I used for the testimony, here is the testiomony at the Judiciary Committee website.
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