The Flood of Illegal Immigrants
Phyllis Nemeth Speaks Out

No technologically advanced industrial nation like the U.S. which has 27 million illiterate adults and another 20-40 million adults who are marginally literate, need be concerned about a shortage of unskilled workers.

It is a myth that Americans won't do hard or unpleasant labor. The truth is that Americans will not live two families in a garage, or 20 in a trailer, and suffer similar indignities just to sell their first-world labors at third-world levels. It's bottom-of-the-barrel wage rates, not hard work that American workers reject.
Millions of illegal immigrants have relentlessly increased the supply of cheap labor, while steadily depressing the wages of unskilled Americans; - an unfortunate population segment that cannot afford to provide for their families under such awful wage and working conditions.

And into this cauldron of shame we are treated to sleazy proposed legislation, such as that offered by President Bush and Senators Kennedy and McCain, legislation that is little more than a national job fair for those businesses and farms that do not want to pay living wages.
Neither President Bush nor Senator Kennedy has provided a scintilla of evidence regarding the economic justification for foreign guest workers. (There is no such evidence) There are 7 million unemployed Americans, very many of whom are unskilled and directly compete with unskilled illegal aliens for the same kinds of jobs, - and who have been erroneously & deceptively labeled as "Americans who won't do hard or unpleasant work".

When you asked what your listeners could do, I suggested three action items:
1. Register with www.NumbersUSA.com.� This is a grass-roots organization that alerts "subscribers" (free faxing service) to legislation that is pending in Congress.� There are faxes that one can send to Congress, the President, etc., "as is" or modified by the sender, and articles on various aspects of the illegal immigration problem.
2.� Call and write your U.S. Representative and Senators. Click on www.congress.org to find out who your Representatives and Senators are.� Check out� www.betterimmigration.org for "report cards" showing how they voted on immigration issues so you will have concrete data. Many "talk the talk," but do not "walk the walk," as they have learned the language of "double-speak."
3.� Peruse such websites as www.americanpatrol.com, www.firecoalition.com� and www.projectusa.org for up to date information on� the Internet, and watch Lou Dobbs on CNN for his "Broken Borders" segments.� In southern CA, attend monthly meetings of the CA Coalition for Immigration Reform (www.ccir.net) and get involved.

Editor's Note:� Illegal Immigrants are coming into the USA from around the world, not just Mexico and Central America.� This "Speak-Out" came from a listener to the Troubleshooter Judd Talk Show on the Worldwide Internet on www.AdviceRadio.com� Live Wed. 1 to 3pm.

If you want to "Speak Out" go to the TroubleshooterJudd.com web site and fill out the contact page.

Filed February 20, 2006