Posted on 11/14/2008 11:56:37 AM PST by HollyButler
Washington (CNSNews.com) – Americans are “not concerned” that they may lose jobs to illegal aliens in a tight job market, according to speakers at a panel discussion conducted Thursday in Washington, D.C., by the National Council of La Raza.
Simon Rosenberg, president and CEO of NDN – formerly the New Democrat Network -- said that Republicans are now “paying a steep price for demonizing Hispanics” in their “anti-immigration rhetoric” – rhetoric that he said created the “fear of losing jobs to undocumented immigrants of Americans.”
Research conducted for La Raza, which describes itself as the “largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States,” indicates that Americans are “more concerned” with undocumented immigrants “being able to pay their fair share of taxes,” Rosenberg said, than they are of losing jobs to illegals.
When asked if he still felt that American jobs would not be threatened by undocumented immigrants despite the fact the current unemployment rate is now at a 14-year high of 6.5 percent, Rosenberg told CNSNews.com that he believes undocumented immigrants have taken jobs that Americans “do not want,” but that there “might be” a shift in concern if unemployment rates continue to rise.
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Since when do they speak for me?
I forsee a coming crack-up in the Obama coalition.
I see a Balkinization (spelling) of North America.
No worries. McCain stands ready and willing to help shore up Obama's coalition.
But, I thought they only did the jobs that no Americans want to do... like writing an Old Man and the Sea book report.
La Raza should be concerned about fixing Mexico. It’s a shame they don’t care about their homeland.
Buy lots of ammo today: BLOAT.
This might be a good time to give California back. It’s 20 billion in debt and about to fall into the Pacific.
La Raza considers the American Southwest as its homeland.
Hispanic arm of Al Qaeda & MS-13 is in the wire......
Domestic Enemy ping....
I have a Savage 30-06 that says their wrong. These idiots are going to get the surprise of their lives when the lead starts flying.
YEP the wishfull-thinkers will soon face the hard reallity and people will be concerned...And they will hear something
Are they American Indians?
Is it then PATRIOTIC to hire an illegal alien?
What will the response of American citizens be?
Could this be an issue that sticks to the obama administration? One they cannot possibly shake off?
Will we American citizens be told we must sacrifice our job opportunities in the name of unity and political correctness?
Or simply that we are racist?
I am waiting for the obama administration to tell me that I am a racist!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m not worried about losing jobs to the illegals. It’s the legal immigrants brought into to undercut American wages. I worry about my husband having to compete against H1-Bs.
I worry about hospitals bringing in Filipina nurses to drive down the wages and working conditions of American nurses.
Oh, yeah - I do worry about the illegals too. Our fellow citizens at the lower end of the wage and education scale don’t deserve to have their wages driven down and their housing costs driven up by an influx of illegals. So just who was this guy asking, anyway?
LOL! No, but they do change the bed linens in their casinos.
La Raza: “The Klan With The Tan”
Regards . . . Penny
National Council of La Raza.
Why do they exist?
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