Posted by
Cary Wesberry on Saturday, March 22, 2008 6:14:56 PM
An article in New Jersey’s Star Ledger addresses a major issue where illegal aliens are concerned: the practice of hiring illegal aliens willing to do the work Americans should be doing but are unable to do because the illegal alien workforce is willing to accept substandard wages, no benefits, and often dangerous conditions that in and of themselves are illegal.
The Carpenter's Union is suing the D. R. Horton Construction Company for hiring illegals and subsequently laying off union workers. The allegations are all too familiar: the illegal aliens are working for substandard wages and for no benefits. My heart goes out to the laid-off employees. I support the tactic of their union in suing the Horton Company of Fort Worth, Texas. This is a strategy that I hope will be used throughout the United States to combat unscrupulous employers.
My dad was a construction worker and a plumber. During the Second World War he was deemed to be "4-F" due to flat feet and a double hernia and was rejected by the military, although he made a number of attempts to enlist. Driven by his profound patriotism for America, he decided that his best opportunity to support our nation's war efforts would come by working in the naval shipyards, repairing the various warships that had suffered damage in the war. He worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and traveled to other such shipyards around the country during the Second World War.
Dad passed away from lung cancer while I was a college student, but I recall many evenings seeing him come home, upset because he had been laid off from work. I witnessed the look of concern etched in both his and my mother's eyes. As a construction worker, he was only paid for the hours he worked and being laid off meant that he would receive no paycheck. My memories of those moments make me understand something that those elitist politicians can’t: the way that Blue Collar Americans, the backbone of this nation, are getting clobbered by the hiring practices of unprincipled employers who know that they have virtually nothing to fear where the hiring of illegal aliens is concerned. When President Bush declares that "illegal aliens do the work Americans aren't doing," he conveniently leaves out the other half of that statement – that they cannot afford to take those jobs any longer because the wages have been slashed.
How many workers today are coming home with that same look of despair because they have lost their jobs to illegal aliens?
How many homeowners are paying hefty fees for jobs that are substandard at best? Day laborers do not have the skill or experience of tradesmen. It is not even a contest where quality of work is concerned. The greedy employers get to pocket lots of extra money, their customers get substandard work, and American workers are losing their jobs and their ability to provide for their families.
Hit the link above to read the entire article at Family Security Matters. The damage to American Citizens who work for a living by illegal aliens and those who hire them is criminal, literally. We are supposed to be able to rely on our law enforcement and government to do what they're paid to do and enforce the law. Unfortunately there seems to be no hope of that occurring. The people of this country who have every right to work and live here, namely citizens, have been screaming at our government to give them back their jobs and lower the level of crime in their neighborhoods directly caused by illegal aliens. The percentage of our leaders who actually listen and take action is dreadfully low. We're told they cannot build a fence and secure the border and they tell us deportation is not an option. Lies. Cheap labor and more liberal votes is about the only thing that matters to our government officials. As long as they aren't personally affected; there's no problem. Let their wages drop to the floor and let their children be murdered by people who should not even be here in the first place and you'll hear a much different tune being sung, that I promise you.