IN APPOINTING THE NEW SECRETARY OF LABOR, OBAMA MAY HAVE GIVEN US A LOOK AT HIS INTENTION TO GRANT AMNESTY TO THE ESTIMATED 12 MILLIONS ILLEGALS HERE IN THE USA.
The following is an excerpt is from the January 9, 2009 issue of the Sacramento Bee newspaper.
UNITE HERE, president John Wilhelm of one of the fastest growing U.S. unions, organizes workers, many of them immigrants and ethnic minorities, in businesses ranging from garment factories to hotels and casinos.He had this to say about illegals in America,
"I don't think it's possible to fix the economy without comprehensive immigration reform," Wilhelm said.
The union leader said he believes immigrants have always fueled U.S. economic growth and filled legitimate labor needs. But he said the country needs a new immigration system that can better manage and admit workers legally to fill labor shortages.
Wilhelm urged offering an earned legalization program to an estimated 12 million undocumented workers. He said it would help increase all workers' bargaining power and boost tax collection.
"In the interest of the economy, we've got to bring the 12 million out of the shadows,"
And from what President Obama did this week it would indicate to this blogger, that Amnesty for illegals is on the mind of our new President.
Despite the fact that in December of 2008 524,00 legal American workers lost their jobs, and in 2008 a total of 2.589 million Americans lost their jobs. The worst job lost since 1945!
Janet Murgia, president of National Council of la Raza, a Hispanic civil rights group, responded that most Americans are "tired of naysayers" on immigration issues.And Leftist Cardinal Mahoney joined the call to give blanket amnesty to all illegals.My comment is who is she listening to!
She and others are buoyed by Obama's statements of support for immigration reform and Cabinet appointments such as Los Angeles-area Rep. Hilda Solis, Obama's nominee for secretary of labor.
On its Web site, UNITE HERE calls Solis, the daughter of Mexican and Nicaraguan immigrants who were union supporters, "a proven advocate." This in case you have not grasped it, is the indication I believe, that Obama is leaning toward amnesty!
Lined up on the other side of this issue are most legal Americans who not only are not only worried about job loss, but the amount of drugs coming across the border between Mexico and the USA, and the crime and violence associated with it!
I feel that the correct way to approach the illegal problem is to beef up the borders at both our North and Southern divisions by creating thousands of jobs for border guards and for the government to help unemployed Americans by moving as many of the 7 million illegal aliens out of their jobs as feasible,and by reducing the 138,000 monthly foreign workers allowed by the present immigration laws, as close to zero as possible.
Perhaps those who want to compare Obama with President Roosevelt should be reminded that FDR did not increase immigration during the Depression -- or legalize illegal aliens. Instead, net immigration actually fell below zero many years while FDR conducted mass roundups and deportations of illegal workers. He did however, put together the same type coalition that President Obama did to get elected with the exception that he did not have the gay and lesbian issue to deal with. He put together the New Deal coalition of labor unions; farmers; ethnic, religious and racial minorities; intellectuals; the South; big city machines; and the poor and workers on relief( aka welfare).
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