Private sector sheds 693,000 jobs in December

I've posted this report here due to the relevance of this to the illegal immigration debate, and one reason why our elected reps should be opposing "comprehensive immigration reform" amnesty & increases in visas etc. :
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 2:22pm PST
Private sector sheds 693,000 jobs
Sacramento Business Journal

Private-sector employment decreased by 693,000 last month, according to ADP’s national employment report released Wednesday.

The report is derived from actual payroll data and measures the change in total nonfarm private employment each month.

“This is a weak number — weaker than what was expected,â€

this makes almost TWO MILLION IN The last four months and most of that im guessing we will NEVER get back

The Department of Homeland Security's most-recent-year data show that the U.S. granted:

744,531 permanent green cards to working-age adults ages 20-64, and

912,735 new employment authorization documents to temporary foreign workers.

That adds up to an annual rate of 1,657,266 new foreign workers (not counting illegal workers) added to our economy. There are no indications that the pace has slackened.

If the DHS continues to issue work permits and green cards at the same pace, we will see 138,000 new foreign workers arriving every month this year