Why have many  American citizens being forced out of American economy by businesses, who do not hire them?
491951
No American citizens have never been forced out of any jobs.
481614
His statement expressed a common misconception.  Americans spent years doing jobs like fruit picking and washing dishes.  It is not that Americans are unwilling to do the work, but that Americans are unwilling to do the work for the wages being offered.  Americans want to make minimum wage and to have workers comp if they get hurt. \n\nThe reason is that those jobs commonly filled by illegals pay less than minimum wage, but still more than they would make in their own country.  The employers get away with this because illegal workers don't complain about employer violations for fear of being deported.
417653
"They do the jobs Americans won't do."\n\nPlease stop using that bs. Yes there was a time when americans did those jobs. Some were usually a person's first job in the workplace. Others were done by people who needed a job and didn't care what it was. Americans don't do it anymore because of the immigrant. The employer will take the immigrant over the american.
1076225
These foreigners you are referring to are most likely illegals, not just immigrants.  The people who support this type of immigration are the ones who profit from it-- 1) employers who can increase their profits to grotesque proportions by hiring them, 2) the government who looks out for the interests of the business elite.  Many politicians build their carreers on catering to the whims of big business.  Their campaigns are financed directly or indirectly by these businessmen, 3) the media who is directly  owned by large corporations and who propagates lies like illegals take jobs Americans don't want.  The fact of the matter is these jobs do not pay a living wage and by propagating self serving lies such as Americans won't do them, the media is helping the business elite keep wages down for everybody, including legal workers, who have to compete with the low wages illegals are willing to accept.  The media also intentionally confuses the issue of illegal immigration by making it seem as if it is an issue about immigrants instead of an issue of  naked employer greed, which is what it is really about. 4) Illegals and their relatives who have no trouble finding work because they are ready and willing to be exploited by these greedy employers and is in their personal interest to believe and propagate the lies about American unwillingness to do these jobs.  So the people who don't care about Americans who can't find work are only the people who profit from their lack of employment.
501845
No.  Its a myth that Americans don't want to do certain jobs.  What is true is that they want a fair wage for it.\n\n==\n\nRecently, a California manager of a lawn maintenance company was telling a reporter that she couldn't find any Americans willing to do the work and she was offering $30/hr.  The reporter called her on this lie and made her place an on line help wanted ad.  Within 3 minutes, she had 20 American applicants.
388840
bear i agree whit u many Americans are looking for any job i know there is a lot of jobs picking up tomatoes why don't u ask ur friends to go ahead and do it . i also seen many homeless who would not even dare to participate on any job they could find . if someone else wants to do it shouldn't that person be allowed to do it? of course u could always give those jobs to the Indians like ur are doing already or u could buy ur products from china who will pay u any price they want as always . or u could take Alan Greenspan side who thinks a legalization would benefit the American economy greatly .\n\nhere u can see alan greenspan points of view :\nFederal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has spoken repeatedly about the contributions of both skilled and unskilled immigrants. He has advised Congress to ''open up our immigration rolls significantly'' in order to ward off higher inflation and higher interest rates. Similarly, hotel, restaurant, and health-care employers, along with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, say the shortage of low-wage ''essential workers'' is an emergency that is causing companies to curtail expansion. They argue that ''when companies cannot fill jobs with U.S. workers, hiring foreign nationals should be a viable alternative.'' And organized labor is calling for a revision of immigration laws to give low-wage immigrants without legal status the right to stay permanently.\nhttp://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_14/c3675078.htm
108466
No. First off,this is america and americans need jobs so put some americans to work .Second,there is way too many foreigners taking what precious few jobs we do have.third, dont enough american companys outsource enough of our jobs outside of america? And most importently How can we trust our security to other countries? We Americans,and I do mean all us Americans, I dont care if you are black,white,brown  or green if you were born in the U.S.A then you are American I think we need to gather up and tell our leaders that enough is enough and that we are tired of selling our country to foreigners one piece at a time and that we want america to be owned by Americans once again!
427168
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.
300613
They say that it's because the USA is the land of the free, but what they aren't realizing is that the immigrants are taking jobs from those of us who live here and putting more hardships on the citizens here, causing more people to be on welfare, some even worse(homeless)!
81600
Hiring illegal immigrants is a cheap & easy way for businesses to get the help they need.  The illegals and the businesses both are taking jobs away from Americans.  If the jobs wern't available to those that cross the borders, they might think twice about risking their lives for nothing.
531621
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.
862977
Our Corruptament is without a doubt guilty of causing recessions, depressions, and every other mishap, so to speak, by unconstitutionally raising taxes, legislating ludicrous laws, and doing what ever they damn well please in order to line their dirty pockets... thus businesses, and the US citizens get the poop end of the stick every time...
980566
The answer is simple.  Give heavy fines to those employers who  violate our law by hiring illegal workers.  If there were no jobs, there would be no illegals. This is not done because it does not serve the corporations who profit from this and the destruction of our lower and middle classes.  Illegals are slaves who will work for less and without benefits, something corporations make huge profits from.  Follow the money.  You might ask why our laws are not enforced, but rather we are led to debate an army and Berlin type wall on the border?
620629
ILLEGAI IMMIGRATION I SUPPOSE ,CONSIDERING THAT MILLIONS AMONG THE WORKFORCE ARE ILLEGAL.IF THEY SUDDENLY STOPPED WORK THIS WOULD IMPACT NEGATIVELY ON THE US ECONOMY BEARING IN MIND THEY ARE DOING ALL THE MEANIAL JOBS.
585832
They should if they were to enforce the laws, but the politicians are refusing to enforce the laws and instead cater to big business who want the cheap labor. The government is sending a message to the American citizens how they really feel about our wishes. This country will become a 3rd world country if it isn't already.
1059469
no we dont. We need americans that will do low paying jobs and busineses that will employ AMERICANS.
568447
we the people are to blame. We don't stand up for our rights as americans any more. We don't insist that our factories stay in america. We complain about gas prices and inflation but don't do a thing to try and change it. We let illegal immigrants take our jobs because we are to lazy to do it. We as a nation have become ignorant and lazy and it won't get better until we all wake up. We are a nation of lazy pot smokers who want every thing handed to us and not do a single thing to earn it.