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americans lined up for the jobs the illegals were doing!
Published Aug. 28, 2008By Michelle Malkin • August 28, 2008 09:48 AM
But wait. The open-borders folks are always telling us these are jobs Americans won’t do. John “Lettuce” McCain doesn’t think these Americans exist, either. Yet here they are, American citizens lining up to do the work illegal aliens were doing (just like they did after the Colorado Swift raids):
Howard Industries found itself at the center of activity again Tuesday.
Hundreds of job applicants lined up, eager to take advantage of the sudden job openings at the plant located in Jones County, where the unemployment rate is 6.3 percent.
ICE agents on Monday seized 595 plant workers suspected of being in the country illegally. Several workers, who did not identify themselves, said Tuesday they were working and trying to keep the plant operational in the wake of the sudden loss of co-workers.
They said it was common knowledge many of their co-workers were suspected to be illegal.
It’s an idea that maddens Samantha Stevens, 18, of Heidelberg, who was among those who pulled up to Avenue A across from the plant’s entrance throughout the day. She said she has been unable to find a job since she graduated from Heidelberg High School in the spring and blames, in part, the willingness of companies to hire illegal workers.
“We were here first. It’s not fair for them to have a job,” she explained.
Others welcomed the vacancies left by the detained workers.
Gwendolyn Watkins, 40, of Stonewall said she drove 40 miles to Laurel to fill out an application with the electronics maker. She worked at Tower Automotive in Meridian as a production worker for eight months before job cuts in June left her unemployed.
She now hopes to get on at Howard, and said that, while “everyone needs a job,” she believes that legal workers should be the priority
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GOLO member since August 22, 2007
August 28, 2008 12:30 p.m.
GOLO member since July 3, 2007
August 28, 2008 12:17 p.m.
This is a complicated issue because like it or not, our economy has become dependent on this cheap labor so an abrupt change could have a significan impact. I agree that enforcing existing laws would be a big step but in all honesty I don't see either party applying much more than a token effort to deal with the issue as a whole any time soon.
GOLO member since October 4, 2007
August 28, 2008 12:17 p.m.
GOLO member since July 3, 2007
August 28, 2008 12:14 p.m.
Does anyone see the irony in this statement from a poster named "anarchist"?
LOL - "anarchist" is my tongue-in-cheek view of moderated forums, not my political leanings.. I'm one of them jesse ventura independents. ;-)
August 28, 2008 11:38 a.m.
Americans are FAR from being reimbursed.
GOLO member since November 11, 2008
August 28, 2008 11:20 a.m.
GOLO member since August 22, 2008
August 28, 2008 11:17 a.m.
FYI: Some do not have SSNs at all and are still having babies on taxpayers dime (Medicaid).
August 28, 2008 11:17 a.m.
GOLO member since August 20, 2007
August 28, 2008 11:14 a.m.
There is. I took it. So did my father. That path may need revisions, but to say that it doesn't exist is completely untrue. A person can legally enter the country. Our borders are not closed to migrants or I wouldn't be here. Nor would my neighbors.
GOLO member since August 22, 2008
August 28, 2008 11:13 a.m.
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