No American demographic group would
benefit more than Hispanic voters by keeping illegal foreign workers
from taking U.S. jobs. Only about 5% of illegal workers are in
agriculture; most of the rest are competing for jobs in construction,
service and manufacturing in the same locales where most unemployed
Hispanic citizens are seeking work.
The government's broad measure of unemployment, which includes discouraged workers, for the second quarter of 2012 is 19% for all Latino citizens. That means almost one of five who wants a full-time job can't find one. It's even worse for those most likely to be in competition with illegal aliens: For Latino citizens under 30 with no more than a high school degree, the broad jobless rate is over 30%.
No wonder various polls find that the No. 1 issue in this election for Latinos — as with all voters — is the economy and jobs. And polling finds that a significant portion of Hispanic voters would look favorably on candidates of either party who can spell out the economic protection advantages of better immigration enforcement.
The main enforcement provisions in the proposed GOP platform — mandatory E-Verify and allowing states to help enforce federal immigration laws — are mainstream, even bipartisan, ideas. President Obama and Democratic leaders have often supported bills that would require electronic verification at the workplace to take away the jobs magnet for illegal immigration.
Read more: https://www.numbersusa.com/content/nusablog/beckr/august-28-2012/our-op-ed-usa-today-immigration-enforcement-big-benefit-hispanic-ameri
The government's broad measure of unemployment, which includes discouraged workers, for the second quarter of 2012 is 19% for all Latino citizens. That means almost one of five who wants a full-time job can't find one. It's even worse for those most likely to be in competition with illegal aliens: For Latino citizens under 30 with no more than a high school degree, the broad jobless rate is over 30%.
No wonder various polls find that the No. 1 issue in this election for Latinos — as with all voters — is the economy and jobs. And polling finds that a significant portion of Hispanic voters would look favorably on candidates of either party who can spell out the economic protection advantages of better immigration enforcement.
The main enforcement provisions in the proposed GOP platform — mandatory E-Verify and allowing states to help enforce federal immigration laws — are mainstream, even bipartisan, ideas. President Obama and Democratic leaders have often supported bills that would require electronic verification at the workplace to take away the jobs magnet for illegal immigration.
Read more: https://www.numbersusa.com/content/nusablog/beckr/august-28-2012/our-op-ed-usa-today-immigration-enforcement-big-benefit-hispanic-ameri
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