While U.S. Workers Stand in Unemployment Lines

(Washington, D.C. March 5, 2009) Amidst a backdrop of rising unemployment, mounting economic turmoil, and increased costs of illegal immigration, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) is spending the next five weeks visiting 16 American cities promoting blanket amnesty for millions of illegal aliens and the dismantling of immigration law enforcement programs. Rep. Gutierrez describes the "Family Unity Immigration Outreach Tour" as an effort to "document the harm caused to citizens across our nation in the absence of comprehensive immigration reform."

What is notably missing in Rep. Gutierrez's tour is any mention of the harm caused to citizens and legal immigrants by illegal immigration or the permanent damage that would be done by enacting amnesty for an estimated 12 million illegal aliens now in the U.S. With an unemployment rate of 7.6% and getting worse - the White House announced recently it is forecasting an increase to 8.1% - over 11 million Americans are scrambling for jobs. Yet according to the Pew Hispanic Center, an estimated 7.7 million jobs, desperately needed by U.S. workers, are held by illegal aliens. To be sure, unless worksite enforcement is continued, E-Verify reauthorized, and laws enforced, Americans will continue to compete against illegal aliens in ever greater numbers. An amnesty initiative would simply reward those who have broken the law, encourage more illegal immigration, and exacerbate a labor market already in distress.

"Lawmakers should be evaluating our immigration policy for its impact on the growing number of Americans out of work, not parading around the country trying to lay the groundwork for mass amnesty," stated Dan Stein, President of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). "We cannot ignore the impact illegal immigration has on the job market - not in good times and certainly not now. It is a fiscal necessity and moral imperative to protect the American worker."

"While millions of Americans are spending their time diligently looking for work, Rep. Gutierrez is trekking across the country peddling a special interest driven amnesty plan and calling for an end to ICE enforcement," Stein continued. "We would hope Rep. Gutierrez comes to understand, like most Americans do, that worksite enforcement is an economic stimulus plan in and of itself."

I wish I knew what you were really saying

I'll try to fix it, Don't know how it happened to come out that way

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I wonder if I've been hacked int?

No virus....just some april fool's day pranksters

How can I fix it?

nothing anyone but prankster can do

just sit back and laugh

just have a laugh for one day. after all the heated arguments...it's funny IMO

Was kinda' weird.
Went to fix it and there was nothing to fix.

you can't fix it..it's an APRIL FOOL'S JOKE from the MODS