Reply #346: Concern About Wage Suppression from Illegal workers is legitimate [View All]

"Your various arguments are based in fear; fear of other cultures, fear of competition, fear of not enough for you; fear of impact from language barriers and so on, and so forth."

Fear of "competition" and fear of "not enough for you" are completely legitimate. There is no reason American workers should have to compete with illegal workers for wages. It reduces what American workers make, while increasing what their affluent employers make in profits.

This country has laws designed to protect Americans from just such competition. There is no defense for not enforcing those laws and protecting American workers from wage suppression caused by the illegal labor supply increase resulting from illegal immigration.

I, too, grew up in Southern California. And I've had extensive contact with Hispanic Americans. My first wife was a (legal) Hispanic American. I have many friends who are Hispanic. I have no problem whatsoever with Hispanics who are legally here. I don't "fear" them or despise them.

In contrast, I do not approve of those who have broken our laws and illegally taken jobs from Americans. They have illegally suppressed wages and illegally reduced American employment. They have allowed employers to pay less than the market rate for labor, forcing Americans to work for less than they otherwise would have.

I mainly fault the illegal employers for breaking the law , and our Corporatist government for not enforcing the law. Though I sympathize with the plight of the illegal immigrants, I do not condone their activity either. Though the comment that "they are only trying to better their lives by coming here" is true, it is also true that they are worsening the lives of Americans who must compete with them for jobs.

I suspect your attitude is consistent with being a socialist. But it certainly is not consistent with being an advocate for the American worker. Your position amounts to encouraging illegal immigrants to come here to better their lives, while worsening the lives of our fellow Americans. With this I strongly disagree. The function of a country's government is to protect the citizens of that country, not those of a foreign country. And American workers have every right to expect the American government to protect them from wage suppression resulting from competition with every other worker on the planet.

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