Posted on 01/15/2018 8:30:45 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
They clean federal office buildings in Washington and nurse older people in Boston. They are rebuilding hurricane-wrecked Houston. And working on the Atlanta Falcons’ new stadium. The plumbing and heating systems at Fannie Mae’s new headquarters, the porterhouse at Peter Luger Steak House and even the Disney World experience have all depended, in small part or large, on their labor.
They are the immigrants from Haiti and Central America who have staked their livelihoods on the temporary permission they received years ago from the government to live and work in the United States. Hundreds of thousands now stand to lose that status under the Trump administration, which said Monday that roughly 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador would have to leave by September 2019 or face deportation.
Even if they remain in the United States illegally, they, like the young immigrants whose status also is in jeopardy this winter, will lose their work permits, potentially scratching more than 1 million people from the legal workforce in a matter of months. And the U.S. companies that employ them will be forced to look elsewhere for labor — if they can get it at all.
The Trump administration has emphasized that the permissions were originally granted because of wars and natural disasters in the immigrants’ home countries and intended to last only until conditions there improved. But in reality, their permissions have been extended so long that they have become indefinite residents, often buying homes and raising U.S.-born children, even though their status offers no path to citizenship.
They, like other unauthorized immigrants, have become indispensable parts of certain industries, taking jobs that employers say no one else will and that immigration restrictionists say could attract Americans if companies were willing to pay more.
(Excerpt) Read more at dispatch.com ...
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. -— 2 Thessalonians 3:10
Once again proving no good deed goes unpunished.
Evidently our mistake was having a bleeding heart in the first place.
We should have left them where they were.
This is their way of saying thanks.
Amen. Time to get our own people off the couch.
A million jobs openings soon to open up? Too bad wages might have to be doubled or tripled to fill them with U.S. citizens, hey? Couple that with the need to work to get “free” Medicaid, then looks like a win-win-win to me.
Yay!!! A million more jobs available for American citizens. WINNING!!!!
So, Vivian is admitting that they take jobs that could otherwise go to American citizens. ‘Preciate it.
Because of this abuse we must shut our borders to all immigration for at least forty years. In addition we cannot take in refugees for any reason.
Deport all illegals immediately.
What part of TEMPORARY do they not understand?
If they are talking about DACA, it just went from 10,000 to more than 1,000,000. What’s the real number?
One million jobs opening up for Americans....
As well as those who preceded the present welfare recipients. These are jobs that those too proud the take welfare used to do.
I am entirely certain the nation may be able to pick up the “slack” from the departure of these otherwise undocumented residents.
The requirement that able-bodied Medicare recipients also be put to work as part of the basic deal for continuation of benefits provides a largely untapped resource for replacement of the recently departed “guest workers”.
What "status" is that?
Their "status" is here without permission in US law.
Their phony "DACA status" will obviously be void as soon as it's in front of a competent court, and President Trump generously and magnanimously granted a six month extension for Congress, should it wish to do so, to enact legislation conferring LEGITIMATE status on them.
This, Congress is clearly unwilling to do, so it's vaya con dios sometime this Spring.
Immigrants become citizens. If you are here on a work or othe visa that doesn’t make you an immigrant. It makes you a guest
“immigration restrictionists” Hey, they’ve come up with another stupid euphemism!
Do they mean to say, those of us who adhere to the law and expect the Democrats to follow it as well?
“immigration restrictionists” Hey, they’ve come up with another stupid euphemism!
Do they mean to say, those of us who adhere to the law and expect the Democrats to follow it as well?
Go home and clean your own buildings....they NEED it badly!
All DACA individuals should be required to answer these questions.
1. Are you currently employed? If so where and doing what?
2. What is the highest level of education achieved?
3. Do you speak English?
4. List ALL government benefits and subsidies that you currently receive.
5. How old are you?
6. Have you ever been arrested for any crimes? If so were you convicted?
Since we supposedly know who is going to get deported if DACA is not fixed then it should be no problem to have all potential applicants answer this simple survey.
Let the American people decide based on FACTS.
Don’t forget to write?
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