Just watch and see how many more job opportunities with job security will now go for illegals.....including more visas!

I think it's really strange that he didn't pick an African American for this post seeing as how that population is suffering from unemployment the most and has been traditionally.

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Obama Labor pick vows to boost job training
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama's pick to become the top U.S. labor official said on Friday her priorities would be to boost job training and search assistance to fight a deepening U.S. recession.

Democratic Rep. Hilda Solis, tapped by Obama to become labor secretary, also told her Senate confirmation hearing she would fight job discrimination and ensure employees "get the pay they have earned working in safe, healthy and fair workplaces."

After eight years of complaints by unions about Bush's Labor Department, Obama's choice to head the agency has drawn strong support from organized labor and is expected to be easily confirmed by the Democratic-controlled Senate.

The hearing by the Senate Education and Labor Committee began shortly after the release of a government report that said more than a half million American jobs were lost in December and the national jobless rate has reached 7.2 percent -- its highest level in almost 16 years.

"The economy is in a severe recession and shedding jobs at an alarming rate," Solis testified, adding that she was anxious to get to work as labor secretary to help reverse the numbers.

Solis, 51, of California, was first elected to Congress in 2000. Of Hispanic origin, she represents a district dominated by Latino voters in Southern California.

The daughter of a union shop steward from Mexico and an assembly line worker from Nicaragua, Solis has been a leader in Congress on both labor and environmental issues.

(Reporting by Thomas Ferraro; editing by Eric Beech)

http://www.reuters.com/article/politics ... 9620090109