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Article #47Re: Do we need 12 million to pick lettuce?
From: James Arveson
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:11
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:11
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"Just Cocky" <just@cocky.com> wrote in message news:5oan4299tnjlok5l6g986jiisg2m5e0ltq@4ax.com... > On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 23:50:11 -0700, "James Arveson" > <jamesarveson@cox.net> wrote: >> >>"Just Cocky" <just@cocky.com> wrote in message >>news:eu2m42lnle9qfhqifhataevg87liv276r5@4ax.com... >>> On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 17:34:05 -0700, "James Arveson" >>> <jamesarveson@cox.net> wrote: >>>>Over 50K people got a green card last year through legal methods. The >>>>prime >>>>requirement was that they had a job open to them that could not be >>>>filled >>>>by >>>>a citizen. That is a particularly difficult requirement if you want a >>>>job >>>>as, say, a carpenter or a meat packer. >>>> >>> >>> Yes, that's what I've been saying the whole time, that it's very >>> difficult for these people to legally immigrate to the US. >>> >>> -- >>And for good reason, as pointed out in the section you snipped. >> >>The prime requirement was that they had a job open to them that could not >>be >>filled by a citizen. >> > > I don't find this particular requirements particular helpful to > America. I do. > >> >>The only way an illegal can get one of those jobs is to undercut the wages >>of a US citizen who would take the same job, but at the going wage. >> > > I value competition. I think it's a good thing. I doubt that you would value it if it were your wages that were at risk. Are you a carpenter, a cook, a hotel maid, a meat packer? I thought not. James
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