Thread: SOB: A Slippery Place in the U.S. Work Force

March 22, 2009
A Slippery Place in the U.S. Work Force
By JULIA PRESTON
MORRISTOWN, Tenn. — The faithful stand and hold their hands high, raising a crescendo of prayer for abundance and grace. In the evangelical church where they are gathered, the folding chairs are filled with immigrants from Latin America.

Balbino López Hernández, who came here illegally from Mexico, closes his eyes to join the hallelujahs. But after the service Mr. López, 28, a factory worker who has been unemployed since June, shares his worries about jobs and immigration raids with other worshipers.

Like many places across the United States, this factory town in eastern Tennessee has been transformed in the last decade by the arrival of Hispanic immigrants, many of whom are in this country illegally. Thousands of workers like Mr. López settled in Morristown, taking the lowest-paying elbow-grease jobs, some hazardous, in chicken plants and furniture factories.

Now, with the economy spiraling downward and a crackdown continuing on illegal immigrants, many of them are learning how uncertain their foothold is in the work force in the United States.

The economic troubles are widening the gap between illegal immigrants and Americans as they navigate the job market. Many Americans who lost jobs are turning for help to the government’s unemployment safety net, with job assistance and unemployment insurance. But immigrants without legal status, by law, do not have access to it. Instead, as the recession deepens, illegal immigrants who have settled into American towns are receding from community life. They are clinging to low-wage jobs, often working more hours for less money, and taking whatever work they can find, no matter the conditions.

Despite the mounting pressures, many of the illegal immigrants are resisting leaving the country. After years of working here, they say, they have homes and education for their children, while many no longer have a stake to return to in their home countries.

“Most of the things I got are right here,â€

The bottom line is ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE TAKING JOBS that could be filled by Americans. They are in our country illegally and acting like they deserve to stay here. America just like every other country in the world has imigration laws that need to be enforced.

Yes ILLEGAL IS ILLEGAL and if you did not come here through the right AVENUES , GET OUT!!!!!! I am so sick of the facts of the matter being muddied by stupidity and lies.

Reporter Julia Preston up to her ol' tricks... Last year she wrote a sob piece which included Waukegan. I see she's still at it. There is a audio slide show at the link if you want to hear Julia.




Shop owners in Waukegan, Ill., say that the crackdown on illegal immigrants has kept their mostly Hispanic customers away.

January 18, 2008
Facing Deportation but Clinging to Life in U.S.
By JULIA PRESTON

WAUKEGAN, Ill. — She is a homeowner, a taxpayer, a friendly neighbor and an American citizen. Yet because she is married to an illegal immigrant, these days she feels like a fugitive.

Whenever her Mexican husband ventures out of the house, “it makes me sick to my stomach,â€

Ya know Julia and all these other idiots need a heads up that these sob stories about illegals who have jobs American NEED are not doing anything except pissing us all off!!!

Imagine that,the NYTimes writing a BS story about the poor Illegal Immigrant.

Truth is this sob story along with many others this newspaper has published confirms IA's lower Citizens wages and allow these unscrupulous manufacturing co. to treat their employee as if they were working in a 3rd.world country sweat shop !!!

Even if the IA's were given Amnesty greedy employers would continue to hire,at slave labor wages, a endless supply of poor Illegals from other countries.

The only way to stop this downward spiral is to aggressively ENFORCE our immigration laws NOW !!!!!!!

If these companies are moving plants to Mexico, why aren't the "workers" following the work?

He and Ms. Martin married in July and are expecting a child in May. He was released from detention to care for his wife and son, but since he was ordered deported before the wedding, it is not certain he will be able to stay.

Honey, quick marry me so I don't have to go back to Mexico. Nice.

Why don't these so-called fair minded media experts tell the truth for a change? As the economy gets worse and worse the American people are going to get angry at the media, religous instituitions and politicans for favoring the illegals (criminals) over the American people.

Also, it is not possible to love America and be a partiot and marry and/or support illegals. Illegals are the instuments that the elites are using to destroy America.

[quote]“Do I believe in closing the borders?â€