Only doing jobs Americans don't want?


	Only doing jobs Americans don't want?

gemfemfox

5-19-2009 8:43 AM

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illegal immigrations, raids, customs, jobs, economy

gemfemfox says:

Or driving down wages to where Americans, with houses and taxes and insurance and regulations, CAN'T afford to work for less.

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8-18-2009 3:16 PM

David Hughes

A disgraceful situation! Thank you to the The Center for Immigration Studies but how many staff would they need to bring out the thousands, maybe tens of thousands of such cases out there!
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8-27-2009 9:41 PM

wes50

I've always said that was the case. Now there's proof.

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