• Illegals net Americans’ jobs with amnesty




    Hey, you — the guy with a real job. You know, a “make things/break things/get your hands dirty” job?

    Here’s what the political class now pushing immigration amnesty thinks of you:

    “There are American workers who, for lack of a better term, can’t cut it. There shouldn’t be a presumption that every American worker is a star performer. There are people who just can’t get it, can’t do it, don’t want to do it. And so you can’t obviously discuss that publicly.”

    That’s from an aide to U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), quoted in the New Yorker magazine, as he worked a deal between the bigwigs of the building and construction trade unions and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

    The results of that deal are included in the 1,075 page, 24-pound (!) so-called “immigration reform” bill barreling its way through the U.S. Senate.

    And who’s going to get crushed under the weight of this legislative monstrosity? You “American workers who … can’t cut it.”

    Think about that as you sit reading the Herald at your local Dunkin’ Donuts, waiting for your ride to work or sitting eating lunch on a couple of cinder blocks on your job site. These are the guys in Washington who are supposed to be on your side. And they’re pushing for amnesty and more foreign workers to compete for your jobs.

    After all, we can’t “presume you’re a star worker,” can we?

    By:Michael Graham June 19, 2013 Boston Herald(.)com

    U.S. Sen. Liz Warren, Sen.-wannabe Ed Markey and every liberal Democrat in New England is going to vote to reward the illegal immigrants who have been stealing jobs from American workers like you, with legal permission from the government to keep some American slob out of work.

    Longtime amnest-esiac Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina predicts 70 votes for passage in the U.S. Senate, including fellow Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire.

    And who’s speaking up for bricklayers, pipe fitters and paint-slingers afflicted with the unfortunate challenge of being Americans? Nobody around here.

    No, made-in-the-USA suckers like you are expected to get licenses, permits and pay all your taxes, and then when you lose out on a job to an illegal immigrant who’s doing none of those things, you’re told “you can’t cut it.” You’re a xenophobe who doesn’t want to compete with foreign labor.

    On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can’t require would-be voters to produce paperwork to prove they’re Americans. The voters of Arizona were bothered by the fact that “motor-voter” rules let people simply declare themselves Americans when registering to vote — no proof required.

    “It’s essentially an honor system. It does not do the job,” Arizona’s attorney general argued to the Supreme Court. Sonia Sotomayor’s reply? “Well, that’s what the federal system decided was enough.”

    The court ruled 7-2 that she’s right. But why did the federal government pass a law that allows people to “self-declare” their U.S. citizenship — an obvious invitation to fraud?

    Why would they reward illegal immigrants who have spent years cheating the system and collecting taxpayer benefits with the precious gift of living legally in America and, eventually, citizenship?

    Why do amnesty advocates insist that deporting people simply for being in America illegally — something done by virtually every other country in the world — is racist and wrong?

    Because they themselves don’t believe that American citizenship is something to value. To you, being an American makes you one of the luckiest people in the world. But to the “Americans can’t cut it” crowd, American citizenship is no big deal.

    These are people who say things like, “For the first time in my adult life, I’m truly proud of my country” when their husbands become the Democratic nominee for president.

    That’s why they’re so willing to give it away.
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