Long article but good one

http://www.martynemko.com/pub/articles/Guestworker.shtm


The Overwhelming of America

Marty Nemko, Ph.D.



The Overwhelming of America



Marty Nemko, Ph.D.



I don’t fit the profile of someone who worries about uncontrolled immigration.



My parents are immigrants, I know that immigrants have contributed mightily to America, and I’m no American flag waver. I am ashamed, for example, of America’s international hubris, environmental callousness, obscene materialism, declining ethical standards, and unconscionable disparity between rich and poor.



So, I never was particularly concerned about uncontrolled immigration. I was additionally reassured because the media was reporting research that found illegal immigration to be a net plus for the US, for example, the ubiquitous assertions that we need illegals because they do the work that legal resident’s won’t.



But one day, one of my unemployed clients said, “Damn, I’d even work in one of those poultry plants if they paid a half-decent wage.â€? It made me start to wonder whether uncontrolled immigration was being ignored mainly because it allows corporations to get cheap laborâ€â€