Who Speaks For The American Worker?

Who Speaks For Working Men and Women?

 

            .So-called Illegal Immigration is having a direct impact on American skilled and unskilled labor that is rarely discussed. All we ever hear about is the wonderful people who have violated our laws by simply coming to American with the intention of taking American jobs and cranking out "anchor babies" in order to further circumvent Immigration law and stay here.

            With full intent, these criminals hurry to have babies so that they may pervert our Constitution by claiming that they cannot be removed because their children are American citizens due to the fact their children were born on American soil. And what civilized person wants to separate a Mother from her baby? This practice is beyond disgraceful, and yet, foolish people condone such horrible activity.

            We all have heard over and over the complete nonsense that the criminals who cross our borders in violation of our laws are only here because they will do the jobs that Americans won't do.

            Here is the truth that remains unspoken during the so-called "Illegal Immigration" debate. I will use roofing as an example, but there are many other work areas that have typically used American skilled and unskilled labor that have supported American families in the past. Many of these other work area could be used as examples as well.

            Here is how it really works. Roofing contractors using American citizen labor have been roofing American homes for ages by paying American workers a wage that can support an American living in America. Undocumented workers approach the roofing contractor and offer to work on the roofs for a fraction of the wage paid to the American worker. Most legitimate contractors say no, but as usual, there are some contractors who jumped at the opportunity to make a huge profit by undercutting other contractors paying American wagers to American workers. Needless to say, soon the contactors employing undocumented workers were getting all of the roofing business, so reluctantly, the honest contractors had to hire illegal undocumented workers as well in order to remain in business.

            What this really means is that American skilled and unskilled roofers, that once upon a time, were able to make a living doing roofing no longer have a job. That is, they don't have a job unless they are wiling to work for undocumented wages that will not support an American family.

            Who speaks for the skilled and unskilled American works displaced by illegal workers? Who indeed.