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Illegal immigration is ruining this country and its happening quickly right before our eyes. Its dumbfounding how our elected officials do not see it. I don't understand how they are so insulated from it.
My husband works in the construction industry and over the past few years all of the work has gone to the Mexicans. Only the skilled tradesman are left on the job sites. My neighbor works for himself and work is scarce for him because the Mexicans come in with a whole crew and work for peanuts. They undercut everyone. Its not that my neighbor is so high priced, but he has a family and needs to survive. The Mexicans have no problem sharing living expenses with 5 other families in one house, they get all of the freebies that they can afford to work cheap. It absolutely sickens me.

RE: "Its dumbfounding how our elected officials do not see it. I don't understand how they are so insulated from it."

It's even more dumbfounding for me that many conservative talk show hosts ignore it also. I was just listening to Hewitt. He hosted a few other well-known personalities each with his own syndicated show.

I've heard a couple of them and knew that though against ILLEGAL immigration they are very much for "guest worker" six-dollar-an-hour dishwashers, as one host said once.

Their discussion of issues included ILLEGAL immigration.

Regarding ILLEGAL immigrant day labor one host even went so far to cite a poll from Los Angeles and claimed that women in the poll much preferred picking up ILLEGAL immigrant day laborers for work around the home than trusting the odd jobs to American men -- both as regards the quality of work and their safety.

I did not listen to the whole show (about one-half only) but that was it when the conversation turned to ILLEGAL immigration. On to the next issue of 2005 - 2006.

Above all I hate spiking stories. That was my main complaint against the MSM during the few decades (beginning in the 1950s advent of TV news) that they functioned as gatekeepers of information.

The likes of Hewitt, Medved spike news and studies that so many of us know from personal -- and not just anecdotal -- experience. I mention for the umpteenth time three organizations that have released studies supporting exactly what you see with your eyes -- the labor studies department of Northeastern U., the Pew Hispanic Center, and the Center for Immigration Studies.

The likes of Hewitt, Medved say that the "doom and gloomers" are dumb dupes of the MSM lies about the economy. Yes, the economy is great! It's been performing like a sustained and classical recovery -- but ILLEGAL immigration and offshore outsourcing are bringing hurt to lots of people -- people who vote. The Republicans had better pay attention.

Or, as I am wont to say, "Will there be another Falling Down movie to highlight the 'angry white male'?" Only this time it's more than just white males.