Thread: It's Miller Time for Illegal Aliens

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by Eva Ellsworth
It's Miller Time for Illegal Aliens
September 04, 2006 08:49 PM EST


This weekend illegal aliens and their advocates marched on House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s Batavia, IL office to promote a plan to end deportations and legalize those illegally in the U.S. This event was brought to you by Miller! Miller Brewing Company, part of London based SAB Miller, spent $30,000 for materials, a planning convention and advertising for the protest.

In an April 30 press release, Miller Brewing Company expressed opposition to the border security and immigration enforcement bill H.R. 4437. Miller Brewing Company’s press release expressed “our desire for appropriate immigration reform that provides adequate protection for the rights of undocumented immigrants.”

No one has the right to enter into or remain in a sovereign nation without the permission of that nation’s government. Miller Brewing Company’s press release states that the company’s founder, Frederick Miller, immigrated to the U.S. in 1855. Unlike the illegal aliens Miller Brewing is supporting in this protest, Miller presumably immigrated legally which he still could do today. Currently the U.S. government issues six types of work visas as well as visas for other purposes. The U.S. also grants approximately 950,000 permanent residence visas each year.

Miller probably brought his brewing skills to the U.S. Many illegal immigrants who come to the U.S. now are unskilled and have less than eight years of schooling. A Center for Immigration Studies, (CIS), report revealed that, in 2002, 39% of immigrant mothers lacked high school diplomas compared with 17% of native born mothers. In his June 1 Rocky Mountain News piece, Robert Rector wrote, “on average, each immigrant dropout will cost the U.S. taxpayers $85,000 over the course of his life.”

The Federation for American Immigration Reform estimated that the state and local costs associated with illegal immigration are $36 billion per year in education, medical care and incarceration costs. Those are just state and local costs. A 2004 CIS analysis found that federal costs of illegal immigration are over $10 billion mostly in unpaid taxes. Federal expenditures related to illegal immigration include about $5.8 billion in incarceration costs and $3.4 million in environmental remediation costs to clear trash and repair damage left by border crossers in Southern Arizona. Additional federal expenditures include reimbursements to hospitals for treating uninsured illegal aliens who are unable to pay. According to the Employee Benefits Research Institute, in the five-year period from 1998 to 2003, foreign-born individuals accounted for 86% of the growth of the uninsured population.

While many illegal aliens lack health insurance, many also drive without vehicle insurance. The Virginian-Pilot newspaper reviewed police records of 179 Eastern Shore accidents from 2002 through 2004 that involved migrant workers. 75% were uninsured. In most cases, the cars did not have inspection stickers, the drivers were unlicensed and alcohol was involved. Is this what Miller had in mind when it created its “Live Responsibly” slogan?

Advertising which featured Miller Time as the reward for a hard day’s work implied solidarity with the working man. Miller Brewing Company’s support of illegal immigration undermines the working class that their advertising appears to target. Illegal immigrants generally work for lower wages than Americans and often do so without paying taxes. The ability to hire and pay illegal aliens “off the books” is attractive to employers who don’t want to deal with payroll deductions and regulations. A study by George Borjas, professor of economics and social policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, demonstrated that low wage immigrant labor has reduced wages of Americans working in low-skilled jobs by 7.4%. In their December 2005 Washington Times column, “Illegals hurt Americans,” John Hostettler and Lamar Smith cite a CIS report which said, "immigration may reduce the wages of the average native in a low-skilled occupation by...$1,915 per year."

Hostettler and Smith also wrote, “One study estimates that illegals displace 730,000 Americans every year.” In his April 2006 article, “Arrival of aliens ousts U.S. workers,” Jerry Seper of the Washington Times reported that Complete Employment Services, Inc. of Mobile AL hired 70 laborers at the request of contractors who were rebuilding after Katrina. The laborers were U.S citizens, mainly black Alabama residents who had lost their jobs in the aftermath of the hurricane. At three job sites, the contractors who had requested the workers told them they were no longer needed because immigrant labor had arrived. Illegal immigration has displaced other workers, too. Many teenagers no longer even seek jobs. Nationwide, there is 40% unemployment among young blacks according to the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

As all Americans pay more in taxes to cover the costs of illegal immigration and as low-skilled Americans see their wages stagnate or their jobs disappear, can we afford to support a company that seeks amnesty for illegal aliens? If all goes well, the American public can persuade Congress to pass a compromise immigration bill that will protect our borders and enforce our immigration laws without rewarding lawbreakers. In the meantime, we can stop buying products from Miller Brewing Company.

Copyright Eva Ellsworth, 09/04/06, all rights reserved

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Around here the mexican's don't drink Miller. I walk a lot and the beer cans thrown on the ground are Modesto and the bottles(usually broken ) thrown on the ground are Corona. I very seldom see a Miller bottle or can.