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In article <1992Oct7.175326.20537@tcsi.com> gwu@nujoizey.tcs.com
(George Wu) writes:
>     Newly arrived immigrants have traditionally been a vital part of
>the work force which built America's economic might.

Agreed.

>immigrant population may come from other countries, but
>they still fill the same role, taking low pay jobs entailing back breaking
>labor,

Ah, but what of this back breaking labor in our so-called information society?
One of the big news issues is that as the Valley goes software, where are
the blue collar jobs going for instance: the people who want to do jobs
like cut timber up north, or fish down south

>because even that sort of job is better than they could find in
>their native countries.  Many of these jobs no American would take, anyways.

This says something about us, too.  Very good.

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