I am just wondering for all the Americans that are out there that does not  mind working in the Trades, like Constructions, Landscaping, Painting, Plumbing.  How does this make feel that you cant find a job?
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This is not about Americans not wanting to do these jobs, it's about employers not wanting to pay the expected wage. This is exactly what the government has been ignoring for so long and now that immigration is out of control, they want to make the indocumented take the rap for lawbreaking employers. If there is a demand, the supply chain will be there. We are talking economics, not racism nor humanitarian rights.
600140
F U Pake! Immigrants do jobs most americans do not want to do.(Sewer regulation, bird poop cleaners) GO AMNESTY!
90526
I really believe in the future we are not going to have a shortage of college educated, degree holding, psychology majoring, individuals in this country....and there is nothing wrong with that...but a shortage of well trained and qualified mechanics, plumbers, carpenters, electricians, hospital workers, etc....supply and demand will dictate the degree of compensation. Our manufacturing industries are all but lost due to so many factors that would take hours to talk about, and that is sad. I agree with you, we need revamping of the system.....from the top down.
295720
sometimes its not as easy you make it sound.  USA has opportunities that they don't have in their home countries. some people can't find jobs to pay well some can't even find houses.  Also America has many other luxuries that everyone wants to experience
197987
well i am an indian living in us. I feel that people get frustarted because the jobs are being taken away in large numbers. There is a limit to export of jobs.
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I think it would be a FINE idea... have seen it at work in other countries such as Switzerland and The Netherlands.\n\nThe trouble in the USA is rather simple... business (Contractors) wouldn't permit it.  Imagine all that (relatively) cheap labor in the hands of the government !!  Building our infrastructure: roads, bridges, cleaning our parks, etc... they'd all be on a pay-structure that would drive the UNIONS that get those government contracts batty !!\n\nBut also... THINK of the money the tax-payers could SAVE !!  Projects done for half (or less) of the cost we pay today.  We'd have virtually ZERO unemployment in the 18-21 yr range, and they would gather useful training during that period that might just reduce unemployment further down the road.\n\nApply some rules not unlike the military regarding behavior, fiscal responsibility, and pride.\n\nYes, I like the idea.
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OK, I am guilty! I forced my son to mow the lawn, Oh God I'm sorry!\n\nOther than that...no one is forced into working. No American went across the border and herded them up and brought them here.
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I am sorry are those coming in from  Mexico Illegally the educated ones?\n\nA work shortage will help Americans -it becomes an employee market and not the other way around (employers market which it is now).  Than more benefits would be offered to attract employees. History!
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There is no job that americans, or anyone, would not do for the right price.  The markets would adjust, and the price of cheap labor would rise until people would do it.  Realize that there is not a single industry where the majority of manual labor is done by illegal immagants.  Not agriculture (where they are 24% of workers), not construction (14%), cleaning (17%) or any other recognized field.  Note that the statistics I quoted above are from the Pew Hispanic Center, not very conservative.
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My occupation is a temp. Yes , sometimes I do like what I do because I am exposed to different industries and sometimes I am not working (wished I was) like today. I am looking for something long term and permanent, but finding a job today is very COMPETETIVE. There is a waiting list of job opportunities for my line of work.  When I am on the waiting list, I just wished something would happen soon.
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Guest worker problem is dodging issue yet again.  I also take exception to those two statements\n\n1) "They only take jobs Americans won't do" is not true.  They take jobs Americans won't do for THE LOW PAY!!  Companies are just saving money and paying minimum wage (if that).  Americans can't live on minimum wage.  Illegals can, cause they don't pay taxes, don't contribute to Social Security,or don't have to pay health benefits.\n\n2) "Deport all illegals and Americans will pay higher prices" is true but will never happen.  Unfortunately we have no way to track all the illegals in this country now and I highly doubt that if we do have a guest worker program that all illegals will come forward.  Employers will have to pay higher costs in wages and taxes thereby making us pay more for their product/service.\n\nI've said it once, I'll say it again -- I have no problems with people coming into this country to get a better life if they adapt to the American way of life, learn to speak English and become US Citizens like the millions of other immigrants who came to the US have!!\n2)
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I'm against immigration entirely.\nwe have huge unemployment to care about. why are we bringing people from outside? \nmany claim that immigrants take less money and work jobs that Americans don't.\nbut i think that its the immigrants them selves are the main reason for that. no one should be paid less the minimum wage. and when no immigrants are working on their (so called) immigrants jobs, Americans will have to work there. I think that most of the immigrants are harming the structure of the American community and disrupting its balance.
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We can afford trillion dollar wars though, isn't that a thought?  Some people on here really follow a bigot like BUSH.\n\nAnd to those of you who can't get a job, I am really surprised..you can start your own business!! OMG, there are endless options.\n\nI run my own business, and when I was in the job market, I never had a hard time getting a job.  Get skills, people skills and an education, both work hand in hand and if you posess both there is no reason to blame the illegals for your lack of opportunities.
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During his testimony during the Senate hearing last week, economist Professor Richard B. Freeman, Program Director of Labor Studies at the National Bureau of Economic Research noted that in no job category do immigrants constitute a majority. I believe he said 30% was the highest concentration. So literally there is no job that Americans don't do. Not theory, but fact.\n\nHowever if shortages of labor do occur the normal economic responses would apply. Raising compensation to attract workers or increasing the efficiency of workers through mechanization or other methods is what's usually done. There may be certain jobs that don't make economic sense. The existence of a huge pool of willing workers of has encouraged the use of labor where it would not have occurred had our immigration laws been enforced. It's not like the economy won't adapt. That's what markets do. \n\nYou also have to realize that just as illegal immigrants don't take jobs from legal residents in a zero sum calculation, their absence will also mean that fewer jobs will need to be done. Illegal immigrants, like everyone else, aren't just workers. They are also consumers of goods and services and when they leave that role, a certain number of jobs that are related to that consumption will also not be needed. \n\nMy hope the increased demand for labor will allow teenagers  once again to enter the world of work. And even more important for our society, the disturbing level of unemployment among black males and the social problems that creates could be reduced. I would also like to see prisoners work. There is no rehabilitation without work. Work is what responsible members of a society do.
158251
I don't know where you are from, but right now AMERICANS are having trouble finding good jobs!
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"Third, I don't like the idea that they take jobs from Americans who are willing to work. However, many of the jobs they take are jobs that legal Americans are unwilling to do because they are "demeaning". Also, Americans expect to be paid more because we want to buy the house and the car and the big screen television. They on the other hand want to put food on the table and clothes on their kids."\nMaybe Americans also want to put food on the table and clothes on their backs?  And what's wrong with wanting to get paid more to buy a house or a car?\n\n"Further more, have we forgotten that Texas was originally Mexico? Let's give it back! While we're at it, let's give back Hawaii to the Hawaiians, Alaska to the Russians, Louisianna to the French, Florida to the Seminoles, The Midwest to the Cherokee and Sioux and the East Coast back to England. Oh, and while we're at it drag all the Americans back from Japan, China, Taiwan, South Africa, and Australia."\n\nUh, many of those places you speak of were purchased.  And regardless of what the past was like we live in the present now.  It doesn't matter if the land belonged to someone else before.  The U.S. is U.S. property and it will and should not change.
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Americans have been told for the last 20 years not to worry about manufacturing jobs leaving the US, they were being replaced by high tech and service jobs. When customer service and tech support jobs were contracted to S Asia, we were told these weren't really the kind of white collar jobs Americans wanted anyway. Now we have to leave the country to get professional services? Come, on, this is globalization for the sake of globalization, MBA's justifying their salaries and their business trips.