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Alabama reaps huge rewards from immigration enforcement bill.
The Examiner ^
| 11/21/2011
| Kyle Rogers
Posted on 11/25/2011 12:45:40 AM PST by South40
Four months ago Alabama passed the toughest immigration enforcement law in the nation. The left-wing has been doing everything to keep the bill tied up in the courts. However, even before going into effect, the bill is working.
Six weeks ago USAToday said that illegal aliens were packing up and leaving Alabama. USAToday actually reported this as if it was a bad thing.
Now there is more good news for Alabama. Unemployment has dropped significantly. In October, the unemployment rate went from 9.8 to 9.3. This .5% drop is five times larger than the drop in the national average. Counties most known for illegal aliens saw the biggest drop. Marshall County, known for illegal aliens working at the chicken processing plants, saw unemployment drop .7% in October.
Just the knowledge that Alabama intends to enforce immigration law in the future has sent illegal aliens packing.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens
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posted on
11/25/2011 12:45:46 AM PST
by
South40
To: South40
Good news bump.
Wish we could do this everywhere.
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posted on
11/25/2011 12:47:57 AM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
To: BunnySlippers
It is great news. Imagine if all 50 states did this or if we had enforcement of existing federal laws. Send them packing!
Don't believe hose who say we cannot rid our country of the millions of ILLEGALs. Amnesty is not the answer.
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posted on
11/25/2011 12:51:01 AM PST
by
South40
(Just say NO to amnesty. Say NO to Newt!)
To: South40
Hopefully this will convince folks that the notion of “jobs that Americans won’t do”, was and always has been a lie.
Illegals take jobs from people who need them to scrap by during though economic times, from Blacks, Teens, and legal immigrants.
We don’t “NEED” illegal immigrants, not by any stretch of the imagination.
To: South40; BunnySlippers
Yep. It's called de-magnetizing. Take away the jobs and gov't. freebies and there's nothing to attract them. Those who are there leave on their own. It would be nice if all 50 states passed similar laws.
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posted on
11/25/2011 1:23:53 AM PST
by
radu
(May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
To: South40
Good news, if Florida had that law you would not have seen the huge economy drop in areas like Lee County,Fort Myers area. Illegals that used to come and pick vegetables and fruit have been taking away higher paying supposedly more skilled jobs for years now. They are undercutting the roofers,dry wall,flooring,masonry,all the good paying Construction jobs. They do it for a lot less than the skilled workers,and the Builders do not care. The regular construction workers are unemployed, and a lot have moved to other states looking for jobs only to find the same problem. Shoddy construction is the norm in other places in Florida like the Central east Coast, and it continues.
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posted on
11/25/2011 1:27:25 AM PST
by
samantha
(Sarah is our TEAple. leader for America the Beautiful...Go Herman Cain.)
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To: Carbonsteel
Absolutely. The only job Americans apparently wont do is secure our border.
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posted on
11/25/2011 1:39:28 AM PST
by
zeugma
(Those of us who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
To: Carbonsteel
Absolutely. The only job Americans apparently wont do is secure our border.
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posted on
11/25/2011 1:39:28 AM PST
by
zeugma
(Those of us who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
To: South40
Whole communities around Florida’s big lake would be nearly empty were ICE to show up with a train or two and took away all illegals there.
Pahoke, Belle Glades, LaBelle, South Bay, Indiantown etc etc are ALL little more than slums for illegals pickers.
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posted on
11/25/2011 1:52:30 AM PST
by
Joe Boucher
(FUBO ya quota boy ( Real conservative or go fish, Sooo, that leaves you out Mitt))
To: South40
What a load of clap trap.
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posted on
11/25/2011 2:06:01 AM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mylife
You say nothing, so why say anything.
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posted on
11/25/2011 2:44:31 AM PST
by
SatinDoll
(NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS U.S.A. PRESIDENT)
To: mylife
So you are denying that the unemployment rate in Alabama dropped a half-percent?
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posted on
11/25/2011 4:08:32 AM PST
by
dirtboy
To: South40
*** It is great news. Imagine if all 50 states did this or if we had enforcement of existing federal laws. Send them packing! *** You betcha.
If all states did this, or the FedGov, the unemployment rate would drop by approx 2.5%. Excluding Alaska and Hawaii, it'd be 2.4%.
With that Barry would skate to a 2nd term.
(So don't do it Barry. Keep having your boy Holder suing states)
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posted on
11/25/2011 4:22:14 AM PST
by
Condor51
(Yo Hoffa, so you want to 'take out conservatives'. Well okay Jr - I'm your Huckleberry)
To: mylife
What a load of clap trap.Looking in the mirror again?
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posted on
11/25/2011 4:26:18 AM PST
by
central_va
( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: samantha
Landscape, construction, all manual labor up here in the Northeast is filled with illegals up here in the Northeast. Unemployment for men would drop drastically were they to leave.
To: 9YearLurker
I live in the heart of marshall county and I can tell you its not “clap trap” the chicken plants are full of americans again and the repair to our communities is beginning. The only ones bitching are the teachers because lo and behold less students=less funding.
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posted on
11/25/2011 5:38:55 AM PST
by
jneesy
(Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character, give him power.)
To: Carbonsteel
A country with nearly 10% unemployment and 30% on the government tit doesn’t need ANY sort of immigration, illegal OR LEGAL!
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posted on
11/25/2011 5:47:25 AM PST
by
noprogs
(Borders, Language, Culture....all should be preserved)
To: South40
Problem is they merely moved to other states. If D.C. would would start enforcing the laws already on the books we wouldn’t have gotten to this point.
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posted on
11/25/2011 5:52:14 AM PST
by
bgill
(The Obama administration is staging a coup. Wake up, America, before it's too late.)
To: South40
Just the knowledge that Alabama intends to enforce immigration law in the future has sent illegal aliens packing.
YOU HEAR THAT CONGRESS?.
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posted on
11/25/2011 5:56:34 AM PST
by
Vaduz
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