I know this is false, I am a painter have had many of my friends ask me for to get them a job, I think its truly the other way around, I think unskilled laborers who are Americans think they cant get the job because they are not a foriegner , anyway if i was unemployed, It wouldnt matter to me how much money i made as long as i had a job.
126188
no ...the illegals have come in and taken a lot of unskilled and low paying jobs denying them to our kids and entry level workers...\nremember..its always easier to get a better job when you have a job...thats called moving up\nwhen you are denied that entry level job..where do you start..??
544736
Are they....I dunno...what I do know is that do the job "Americans" wont and get paid pennies for it.  Plus employers take advantage of them and don't offer any type of medical or dental or anything.  Most of them work 10 times harder than any American in the US.  I don't think its right they don't pay taxes. It's unfair for us to assume they all want to be here without paying their dues, some do want to but can't.  I dunno, I can go either way on the subject but all I can say is that every American at some point in time was an illegal...heck...didn't we steal this country anyway?
324569
Why don't you start working instead of wasting your time on here saying your stupid opinions.  That's why the illegals are taking the jobs, because of lazy ass people like you who are not willing to work.
505763
heak no i wouldn't i can get a better job with benefits at the same price. but anyways, i don't think this is what the question is about. most people would say that immigrants are taking their jobs away but is it true. i think not they are doing jobs that we don't want. do you know have they are treated in the feilds.... there is a saying.... you don't know a person until you been in there shoes. personally i haven't but i have heard stories from my family that had to go through that to get to where they are.
423393
I don't believe it is an accurate reflection of the unemployment rate even if they do what you are suggesting.  They base their totals on people who are receiving unemployment payments;  there are a lot of people who are unemployed but don't receive payment.  They don't either out of choice or don't because they have exhausted their unemployment compensation.
333691
Ha! That is so funny! What about the 7,649 that lost their jobs that day? If they really want jobs, why do they not go when they have one? I just don't get it I guess. IDK!
161033
ilove the 621 anyway i feel that those that are unemplyed on state aid etc will take any of the jobs if given the opertunity and if the pay was right , we all may not like to do some of the work but we will be willing to work  we rather work than be on state aid having to anser for every penny and all that so i would say there is no job that we would not do .
438623
Either a failure or lazy.  Not much of a difference though.  Some people don't want to get educated, don't want to work over time, don't want to do anything to earn it.  When the Democrats make welfare so easy to come by, why should anyone work?  Theres no incentive
402393
You know what? I say don't. Even if he wasn't a friend of your dads. You need to see the possible consequences of your actions upon the lives of these workers even aside from what "The Man" says. I see it as a mutual agreement between 2 willing parties that find benefit in eachothers assistance. The government is just not too happy with this simply because they don't get any money from the deal. We are already the richest country in the world. But fact is these people do the jobs that nobody else will do and in return they find a livelyhood in the United States as apposed to having nothing. Even by making less than minimum wage these people are still earning in a week what they would've been making in at least a month or more if working in their homelands. Everybody's happy but the government as usual so "F" it.
169186
Americans are willing to do the jobs that illegals do! When I was in high school I picked oranges in the summer and worked in packing houses, and so did a lot of my friends.  The difference is illegals work for next to nothing, something that Americans can't do.  The next time you say that they do the jobs that we are too lazy to do, please think about all the hardworking Americans that won't be able to earn a decent wage, pay taxes, and support our economy because an Illegal is  working for twenty-five cents an hour.  Those same taxes that their employers aren't paying are being paid by the rest of us, and when an illegal gets hurt on the job he or she isn't going to be denied emergency health care.  This ultimately causes the rest of us honest tax payers to cover that burden.  Thinking that illegals are necessary for our economy to function doesn't make any sense, the ONLY people it helps are the law breaking businesses who hire them.  Isn't it funny how liberals who are normally incredibly anti-big business are all for cheap illegal labor?
676423
Well the problem there is nepotism.  You may help a friend or relative get a job but there was someone more qualified to get it and should have it.  The people pay taxes to fulfill that position and should have the best applicant - not the one that makes the politicians friends and family happy?
132742
The question is: Would I hire an American to work? I would totally not hire an American to work, I would go for an immigrant, not just necessary illegal, but any kind and specially Hispanic. I mean they work the best, why would I not? \n\nThey have the right to work, to fight for their life, to have better life, I would
98179
It's the same in the US -- foreign-born, low-skilled workers being exploited by greedy employers for big profits. Many of whom only have marginal skills in the job they're doing. The workers send much of the money they earn home so their earnings do not contribute to the local economy. They often live in squallor detract from the quality of life of the people that build these communities. It's a big problem. \n\nIn the town where I grew up (homes are now selling for $400-500k and taxes often are over $10,000) people don't want to put their children in the public schools because of the gangs that have sprung up with recent immigrants.
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Who do you think did all those jobs before illegals invaded our country?  Maybe those jobs didn't exist, or maybe farmers let their produce rot?  Your argument is illogical and self serving.  The fact of the matter is that employers want these illegals here because they can take advantage of them, and the government who looks out for the interests of the business elite, supports them in this.  They try to play Americans for fools by sending troops to the border and suggesting a guest worker program, which is just a way to ensure a permanent source of cheap labor for these greedy employers.  Illegals will work for wages that no American will work for, and as a result they take jobs from Americans and drive wages down for everybody else.  It's obvious you don't know what you are talking about when you bring up something like doing construction work for $7.50 an hour.  Construction work, just so you know, was a good job that paid a lot more than $7.50 an hour and that employed many Americans, until illegals started swarming our country and doing doing construction for shit wages.  A lot of Americans lost good paying jobs, and contruction companies increased their profits by grotesque proportions.  So don't fool yourself by thinking that illegals are essential.  The only reason they are allowed to come and stay is because they increase the profits of the business elite.  But this can only go on for so long.  At some point, Americans will get so sick of being screwed that these businessmen and their politician buddies who are selling out their counrtry for profits, will have no choice but to stop hiring illegals altogether, and these illegals will have no choice but to go home where they belong.
118886
I disagree that there is lots of help for the working poor, I have seen directly that unless you fit into the "low income requirement" scale, there is virtually no help for working people who need a hand to make it above poverty level. (I am speaking about the state of CA)
190742
I'm tired of the stereotype that Americans wouldn't do the work that illegals do. Illegals do all kinds of jobs for less than minimum wage which drive the wages down for U.S. citizens. Construction jobs are an example. There are lots of illegals doing construction jobs that Americans used to do because the companies can keep more of the profits if they pay less for the workers. All that does is make companies wealthier and Americans poorer. Illegals are stealing jobs that Americans have done for years.
236083
If you filled out an employment application with as many lies as the politicians tell while campaigning for office, you would either never be hired or you would be fired immediately after they do you background checks.  Secondly, look up the congressional record and see just how much time the politicians work.  It is horrendous how many never vote on legislation or seldom vote.  If you and I missed that amount of time from work. Again the hatchet would fall.  However, when you are paid wheather you come to work or not why work?  I think this is an example of "class welfare".  The reason I call it class welfare is that they have created a system where the politicians are in a class where they receive very high compensation for not working.  As far as them listening to the "people", they think they are the people.  When is the last time you heard one say, "I supported or did not support this legislation because due to the feelings of my constiuents"?  No it is "I" feel so on and so forth. "I" think, "My" opinion.  TERM LIMITS is the answer.  After all congress saw fit to limit the term of the presidency to two elected terms.  Why should congress be above the standards they set for the president.  At least we could get rid of Ted Kennedy, Old Byrd from West Virginia and the rest of that bag of professional politicians.  They are so quick to use the term "our founding fathers".  Well our founding fathers never invisioned a system of permanent/professional politicians.  Most of them were farmers and planters and did their "public service" between planting and harvesting times. And I might add,  with very little compensation for their efforts.  These Bas----- have a strangle hold on our society and we had better take it back or we are done as a free society.