Thread: Pay attention all you illegals and take notes...In English

A legal immigrant

Written by Eric Pulsifer
Friday, 29 June 2007

One man’s journey down the long road to citizenship

53-year-old Jesus Eguia has lived in Louisiana for more than 20 years. He’s a grandfather of six and has been happily married for more than 30 years.

Like many Americans, he has a strong opinion about the Immigration Reform bill that created strong criticism from both sides of the aisle. But unlike most people weighing in on the issue, Eguia wasn’t officially an American citizen until earlier this year. Coming to America

When he was nine years old, Eguia came to America with his mother, a Mexican-American citizen born in Corpus Christi. As a citizen, Eguia’s mother was able to bring her family to the states with her, and for the next 44 years Jesus Eguia would live in America legally as a permanent resident.

Several years ago, after being denied several jobs because of his status and being unable to voice his opinion at the polls in the country he lived in, Eguia decided to start on the path to American citizenship.

“I just felt the need of getting involved with the democratic process,â€

This is a story that should be on the NATIONAL NEWS!

This man came legally to the USA and is losing jobs because of illegal immigrants. He is against granting citizenship to law breakers!

It is a slap in the face to all America!

The people that complain about the legal way can't become citizens. They can't speak English, can't pass the civics test, can't pass the health screens...

Dixie

Eguia is a skilled carpenter with decades of construction experience but was let go from a project in Dallas to be replaced by four workers paid a fraction of his wages.

BOOM, THERE IT IS! It took four unskilled illegal immigrants to replace one skilled legal immigrant. Eguia was also probably receiving benefits, but you can bet the illegals aren't. So, the four illegals together aren't costing the employer anymore than one legal resident did. Hmmm......and the employers keep yelling they don't have enough workers. Well, that's B.S., they have enough workers, they just want more so they can expand their business and make more profit! It's all about greed. That's why Bush want's to give amnesty to 20 million folks, have a guest worker program, expand the H-1B program, and bring in another 1.5 million farm workers under the agricultural visa program (AgJOBS). This is a simple case of quanity being more profitable for employers than quality. More workers = more productivity = more profits for business owner (damn the quality of work, American worker, and impact on our infrastructure). There was a time in our history when quality over quanity was the order of the day.

Low pay + no benefits = subsidized labor. Yes, we're educating their children, paying their medical expenses, etc., etc. All the while, the employers are getting richer and richer at the expense of the American taxpayer. More and more business owners are living the American dream while the rest of us are watching ours "American dream" slip away.

This is exactly the stories which should be being heard.....not the sob stories from criminals talking about fear from having to hide from the authorities and how their dreams (on the tax payers dime) are in danger of being destroyed!!!

This man is hardly alone either and it's sickening.

Someone should grab this guy and make him the poster boy because there are MILLIONS of people just like him, but the Kennedy's of America push them behind the tree. Disgraceful.

This is the "FACE" of what is happening.