09-21-2023, 12:13 AM
(09-02-2023, 05:00 PM)pally Wrote: sure we want educated workers...but in many cases, those are the ones displacing Americans from jobs, especially in technology. Look at where so many of the illegal immigrants work...they are filling jobs that others don't want. Farm work, meat packing, entry-level service industry jobs (housekeepers, cooks, dishwashers, landscapers) They work loading docks and construction. The jobs these people fill will become painfully obvious if Republicans get their wish to "deport them all" There are millions of job openings in these areas. There are very few real penalties for employers who hire illegal immirants. Fixing that is all part and parcel in fixing the entire immigration system
This country is in desperate need of unskilled labor which will become scarcer as our population ages. Fixing the legal immigration system allows these unskilled laborers to become part of the legitimate work force
Filling most jobs that you* don’t want. Driving down wages for people who need those jobs.
“The US is in desperate need of unskilled labor” - WRONG. This is another lib pro-illegal-immigrant talking point with no basis whatsoever. The unemployment rate of unskilled workers with a high school diploma or lower is 6.7%, almost double the national unemployment rate. I’m convinced that there are those who will make any excuse you can to let foreigners with no discernible skills into the country illegally, with no pressure to further their education or assimilate. Why? What is the goal here? I’ve already pointed out the drastic increase in illegal immigration — why is this a good thing for the US at all? Do you think every other developed country on earth is stupid, xenophobic, and/or racist for having stronger borders than the US, if so, please explain.
The unskilled labor force is overloaded, due to a simple lack of unskilled jobs and too many unskilled workers. This is because of a number of factors, including globalization (which the Democrats largely support and Republicans oppose). Also automation, and the decline of manufacturing jobs, which I won’t blame the Dems for.
