Thread: Immig Displacement of American Workers Hit New High

June 04, 2005

National Data, By Edwin S. Rubenstein
Immigrant Displacement Of American Workers Hit New High In May

Payroll employment rose by only 78,000 in May 2005. That was less than half the gain predicted by economists, and the worst monthly showing since August 2003 when a miniscule 2,000 jobs were created.

Yet May’s job number was good enough to lower the unemployment rate to 5.1 percent from April’s 5.2 percent.

Sort of. Unemployment is calculated from a different set of figuresâ€â€

Those unemployment levels are much higher than 5.1 as well. When people stop collecting unemployment, whether they have gained employment or now living ion the street, they are removed from the unemployment roles and counted as employed because they no longer get unemployment benefits.

Those employers need to be prosecuted for tax evasion if they are paying the illegals under the table.