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New Media Alliance Illegal Immigration Factsheet states:
1. Claim: “Illegal immigrants do the jobs that Americans won’t.”
False: Americans will perform any legal job necessary to support themselves and their families. As an illustration, recently 70 US citizens were dismissed from an Alabama construction site by a foreman who said the dismissal was “because the Mexicans had arrived”. Linda Swopes, who operates Complete Employment Services in Mobile AL said: "I assure you it is not true that Americans don't want to work. We had been told that 270 jobs might be available, and we could have filled every one of them with men from this area, most of whom lost their jobs because of the hurricane." The identified Mexican illegal immigrant workers were simply willing to work for less money than were US citizens.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060410-123506-1297r.htm
· Claim: “Illegal immigrants help the American economy.”
False: Illegal immigrants to the US cost the country at least $10 billion more than they contribute to the economy. The CIS (Center for Immigration Studies) advises that if amnesty is put into place, these costs to the American economy (and the American taxpayer) will triple. The average illegal immigrant family uses $2,700/year more in services than it pays in taxes. In 2002, this amounted to a $10.4 billion drain on the federal budget. Some of the greatest federal costs included: Medicaid ($2.5 billion); treatment for the uninsured ($2.2 billion); food assistance programs ($1.9 billion); the federal prison and court systems ($1.6 billion); and federal aid to schools ($1.4 billion).
http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalrelease.html
· Claim: “Illegal immigrants are just hard-working people who want jobs.”
False: The US Justice Department reported that in 2003, alone, 270,000 illegal immigrants had served prison time. The Federation for American Immigration Reform reports: "In March 2000, Congress made public Department of Justice statistics showing that, over the previous five years, the INS had released over 35,000 criminal aliens instead of deporting them. Over 11,000 of those released went on to commit serious crimes, over 1,800 of which were violent ones; including 98 homicides, 142 sexual assaults, and 44 kidnappings. In 2001, thanks to a decision by the Supreme Court, the INS was forced to release into our society over 3,000 criminal aliens who collectively had been convicted of 125 homicides, 387 sex offenses, and 772 assault charges."
The Federal Bureau of Prisons estimates that fully one-third of current prison populations are comprised of non-citizen illegals.
Islamic terrorists, including Mexicans with terrorist ties, have entered and are continuing to enter the US via our unsecured borders.
The violent MS-13 Salvadoran gangs have illegally immigrated across the US-Mexico border. MS-13 has also vowed to kill local police, Border Patrol agents and US citizen-members of the Minutemen project, within the US.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/3/27/114208.shtml?s=ic
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents/Content?oid=oid%3A60078
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7244879/site/newsweek/
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-05-gang-grows_x.htm
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050328-125306-7868r.htm
· Claim: “Illegal aliens help keep cost of goods down”
Misleading and false: Although marketplace agricultural products are estimated to be somewhat lower than they would be if US citizens were performing the jobs illegals carry out, the cost to US taxpayers in free services to illegals vastly outweighs any savings to the US consumer. And illegal immigrants are no longer solely operating in agriculture but, have expanded out into multiple industries. In Los Angeles, 49-year old construction worker Michael Williams (jobless for 3 months) said outside of a Home Depot: "You have a lot of illegal aliens here. It takes food off the table." The spread of illegals into other industries is increasing geometrically.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2006-04-10-immigrants-economic-impact_x.htm
· Claim: “Illegal immigrants are being denied [their] civil rights”
False: Civil rights pertain ONLY to citizens. The Merriam-Webster online Dictionary defines civil-rights as: “The nonpolitical rights of a citizen; especially: the rights of personal liberty guaranteed to U.S. citizens by the 13th and 14th amendments to the Constitution and by acts of Congress.” If one is not a citizen of the country, civil rights do not apply.
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/civil%20rights
· Claim: “Illegal immigrants are law-abiding citizens”
False: First and foremost, by the very nature of illegal immigrants being in the country “illegally”, they are neither following nor abiding by US law. Also, illegal immigrants are increasingly using bogus or stolen Social Security numbers. The crime of Identity Fraud being affected by illegal immigrants has become a growing and sever problem. Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) commented: "If the government bothered to look, it could find abundant evidence of illegal aliens gaming our system and the unscrupulous employers who are aiding and abetting them.”
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/nation/14411281.htm
· Claim: “Illegal immigrants only want to become US citizens’
False: Although many illegals are demanding US citizenship, and to be given special consideration ahead of those who have applied legally, a marked number of Hispanics do not want it. But, they do demand the “same rights” as US citizens. Many Hispanic groups, including (but not limited to) MEChA, the Mexica Movement and LULAC, are supporting and working toward the re-conquest (“reconquista”) of the United States. These groups are, also, becoming increasingly militant.
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20060416-122222-1672r.htm
· Claim: “Illegal aliens are honest and contribute little to crime”
Misleading: Many are hard working. However, in Los Angeles, alone, 95 percent of all outstanding warrants for homicide (which total 1,200 to 1,500) target illegal aliens. Up to two-thirds of all fugitive felony warrants (17,000) are for illegal aliens. “A confidential California Department of Justice study reported in 1995 that 60 percent of the 20,000-strong 18th Street Gang in southern California is illegal.”
http://www.city-journal.org/html/14_1_the_illegal_alien.html
· Claim: “The claim that illegal immigrants drain US services is a myth”
False: From the L.A. Times and Rice University’s Professor Donald Huddle: “Less than 2% of illegal aliens are picking our crops but 29% are on welfare.” And as far back as 1997, according to Huddle, the cost of illegal immigration to the American taxpayer was a net (after subtracting taxes immigrants pay) $69 Billion.
http://www.freedomalliance.org/view_article.php?a_id=642
· Claim: “Illegals do not drive down US workers’ wages”
False: As already presented, illegal immigrants from Mexico are working for far less money than US citizen workers and on a regular basis. An 18 April 2006 article in WSJ by Professor of Economics and Social Policy at Harvard University George J. Borjas (“For a Few Dollars Less”) quotes Paul Samuelson: “…an increase in supply [of workers] will, other things being equal, tend to depress wage rates." Although Samuelson’s conclusions were, for years, disputed, recently they have been proving to be accurate.
Borjas writes: “My Harvard colleague Lawrence Katz and I recently examined the impact of the 1980-2000 immigrant influx (and particularly Mexican-origin immigration) for U.S. wages. The results are that, in the short run -- holding all other things equal -- immigration lowered the wage of native workers, particularly of those workers with the least education. The wage fell by 3% for the average worker and by 8% for high school dropouts.” He further concludes: “These effects imply sizable reductions in annual earnings for low-skill workers. In 2000, the typical high school dropout earned $25,000, so that immigration reduced his earnings by $1,200, even after all capital adjustments take place. Mr. Katz and I also examined how much was due to Mexican immigration. We calculated what the wage effects would have been had there been no Mexican immigration between 1980 and 2000. We found that Mexican immigration, which is predominantly low-skill, accounts for all of the adverse impact of immigration on low-skill natives.” In NRO (National Review Online), Borjas continues with: “In fact, immigration may have depressed the wages of low-skilled workers by 5 to 8 percentage points.”
Note: WSJ article is via “subscription only”.
http://www.nationalreview.com/issue/borgas200604250622.asp
Update:
The Jobs4Alabama Jobsite Rally @ the new Childrens Hospital in Birmingham gets the message out.
June 18, 2010
Another glorious day in downtown Birmingham, typical HOT weather in Alabama. Another great turnout for the Jobs4Alabama bunch, a steady stream of Red down the sidewalks north of the New Children's Hospital jobsite, again protesting the use of illegal and undocumented workers, while Alabama unemployment rates are at 11%.
As a safety precaution, we moved north because of the road work being done on the 6th Ave. side. Again, this is not a protest against UAB or Children's Hospital, but an informational wakeup to the unlawful practices being performed by some construction contractors.
Spotted among the protesters was Birmingham's own 59th District State Rep. Mary Moore, who delighted in the chance to join in with others that share the same views as she.
Below, protesters check with UAB Police officials and make sure all laws are being followed. The UAB Police were very polite and helpful, thanks.
On a beautiful Friday in Birmingham, the Jobs4Alabama group got some great support and much interest in what the protest is all about. Most people stopped and asked what was going on and what could they do to help. It seemed everyone that found out what was being protested agreed that something should be done to correct this situation. But not everyone understands exactly what the point is, as evident by some of the comments posted on such sites as al.com. Some wanted to question where the pretty t-shirts came from and who pays for them, a question of was this a Union thing, even comments on why people were out protesting when they should have been working??
With 11% unemployment in Alabama, not everyone has a job, and there is the root of the problem. Coming from confidential sources from within the worksite, we are told there are many illegals working on this Government funded project. It's true that the Contractors are local but are their employees? Look in the parking lots and you will see otherwise. Attend a Tuesday morning safety meeting that must be given in Spanish so the majority of the workers understand what is said. Ask the General Contractors and sub-contractors if all their employees are legal according to E-verify, a service used to verify the validity of citizenship of the US.
Bet they're not legal. Bet you the Contractors won't do anything about finding out unless they're forced to. If contractors got fined $100,000 a man for the illegals they have working for them, it would solve this illegal problem. They couldn't work if illegal, so they would go home. End of story. Put Alabama people back to work. Alabama unemployment goes down to zero. WOW
This is not a Republican or Democratic or Tea Party thing, its not a Union or non-union thing, it's not a us vs. them thing, it's a simple question: Do the local taxpaying residents of Alabama deserve first consideration when it comes to Jobs in Alabama??
Yes, it's just that simple!
Anything else is someone's attempt to cloud the issue to cover their own un-ethicial, illegal, UNLAWFUL, hiring practices to get the cheapest workforce and maximize their profits at our (taxpayers of Alabama) expense.
Question to ponder: Are the present workers on these jobs provided with health insurance from the companies they work for, or offered the chance to participate in a plan?
The true answer is probably not, or probably not affordable at the wages they are paid. Why would UAB or Childrens Hospital officials allow contractors whose employees have no insurance work on Government and Taxpayer health facilities? These employees can't even afford to pay their medical bills and are indigent, will UAB or Children's ever get anything out of them in return? No.
At least the Union companies provide their employees full coverage Family health insurance. They can pay their bills at these facilities because they do have insurance. Is that not an excellent example of why it would be beneficial to UAB and Children's in the long run.
We're sure there are some responsible non-union companies that allow employees to purchase health insurance through the company, but are those involved on this project included. Their employees say no or they can't afford it.
But one thing for sure, if there are illegals working on this and other projects like we're being told, we know they don't have insurance. So guess what, you and I, the taxpayers again, will end up footing the bill for those who can't pay their medical bills.
We as Americans are as compassionate and as responsible for helping others as anyone in the world, and we should be, but there are people right here in our towns and communities who are hurting, hungry and desperate for jobs to take care of their families first. After that, then we can help others as we can afford too. We're pretty sure that God would be OK with that too. Wouldn't he?
Below are a few of the local residents that believe that too. If you agree with them, join us next Friday, 6/18/2010, and show your support.
Let’s start by saying we are not protesting children’s hospital. We know they supply an incredible resource to this and every community. We are however protesting the use of tax dollars to employ illegal or out of state employees. Our tax dollars shouldn’t be used to put Alabamians out of business or keep our residents unemployed. If you use our money you should employ Alabamians first. We have an 11% unemployment rate while there are thousands of illegal and out of state workers here. This is ridiculous. Many businesses are failing because they are unable to compete with an illegal work force. If we refuse to act we will be forced to depend on a foreign workforce that will in turn take our tax dollars to foreign soil. Our tax dollars are educating their children, paving their roads, building their schools, feeding their families. We need roads, we need schools, we are hungry too. Our money should stay here. It starts with construction, it will end when Alabamians are fed up with supporting non-residents. Join us as we rush across the state. If tax dollars are spent and non-Alabamians are receiving them we will be there. If you bring industry to
This website will be for informational purposes concerning the loss of jobs for the residents and taxpayers of Alabama, and what we can do to correct this trend. If our elected officials and community leaders go to all the trouble and work to bring jobs and commerce to our state, why do we allow outsiders including illegals to come in and take our jobs. It doesn't make sense. WE are the taxpayers. Its our state. We pay our property taxes. Shouldn't we be afforded the first shot at the available jobs? Does this make too much common sense? Can we get an answer from those in office who are supposed to represent us? Please?
This website is a grassroots effort to bring this matter to the attention of our elected officials and future elected officials that can correct this problem.
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3/31/2010
