Thread: Some migrant day laborers leaving U.S

Some migrant day laborers leaving U.S.
Published: Sept. 1, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The downturn in the California construction industry is so bad it's persuading some immigrant day laborers to return home, economists say.

The state has lost 84,000 construction jobs since last year and its unemployment rate has jumped from 5.4 percent in August 2007 to 7.3 percent last month. The situation has meant fewer day labor jobs for immigrants, both legal and undocumented, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.

"Things are really drying up," Abel Valenzuela, a UCLA professor who has researched day laborers across the nation, told the newspaper. The lack of jobs is forcing immigrants to consider alternatives, he said, adding, "One of them is, clearly, to leave the United States and head back."

Valenzuela told the Times anecdotal evidence reveals only about 10 percent to 15 percent of California day laborers now get hired daily, down from about 40 percent in recent years.

Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at the University of California-San Diego, said single male migrants are much more likely to leave the country than those with families.
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Hopefully, HomeDepot and Lowe's are keeping their eye on this study, since they are now being forced to build day labor centers at every new store, and soon will have to retrofit existing store property with day-labor centers.
Thanks Zeezil.

The state has lost 84,000 construction jobs since last year and its unemployment rate has jumped from 5.4 percent in August 2007 to 7.3 percent last month. The situation has meant fewer day labor jobs for immigrants, both legal and undocumented, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.


God news to me! CA won't stop the flow of illegals unless they suffer more, evidently. Once a politicians family member is hurt by an illegal or loses their job because of an illegal, nothing will happen.

Now, let's hope they go home and don't stay here to ruin some other states !....

Can't Arnnie put out an Executive Order for them to leave if he is against it so much?

I know my idiotic governor put out one for them to come.
He grew up with Illegal's in the family restaurant ..
He ONLY cares about the money his business friends can make off them.