IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN

Let's hope this isn't what my cynical nature thinks it is: just smoke and mirrors to get the American people off the administrations back. It’s interesting that the “workers rights” people constantly obscure reality by referring to illegal border jumper criminals as migrant workers. I just can’t believe that it’s good for the country to allow millions if ill eagle workers to push our own people into poverty. It would be best for the economy if wages were allowed to rise to the point that Americans could make a decent living in agricultural and construction work. I’d much prefer to pay a premium for products knowing that my fellow Americans were benefiting. the same goes for industries that have sent their production offshore to keep prices down. The stamp MADE IN AMERICA is worth a lot.
Immigration Crackdown Worries Employers
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Saturday, Aug. 11, 2007
Farmers and other employers who rely heavily on immigrant labor said Friday that they could be driven out of business by the Bush administration's plans to crack down on workers whose Social Security numbers do not match their names, and businesses that hire them.
Administration officials said the stepped-up enforcement would begin in 30 days.
"Everyone's very anxious," said Paul Schlegel, director of public policy for the American Farm Bureau Federation. "We're heading into the busiest time of the year for agriculture, so you're going to see a lot of worry from farmers and employers about how you deal with this."
The industry group, which represents 75 percent of U.S. farmers, estimates at least half the nation's 1 million farm workers do not have valid Social Security numbers. Losing them would devastate the industry, particularly fruit and vegetable growers, which rely heavily on manual labor, farmers said.
Other businesses that count on large numbers of illegal workers include construction, janitorial and landscaping companies, and hotels and restaurants.
"We are concerned that the new regulations will result in employers in numerous industries having to let workers go as the economy is facing an increasingly tight labor market," said John Gay of the National Restaurant Association.
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