Illegal Immigration & Jobs

Today as I read the Opinion section of the LA Times (I gotta find a new newspaper), many so-called readers wrote in to support the "long held tradition" of immigration. Half way through I wanted to puke! I don't know how much more of this garbage I can take! How many times must they keep saying that American citizens don't want to do the jobs that illegals are currently doing?

Lets be honest here....not every America citizen is cut out to be a Fortune 500 executive. We have millions of citizens who have not finished high school, can't read and subsist on public assistance. If the jobs that they supposedly don't want paid even minimum wage, many of these citizens would be happy to take on many of these jobs.

Yet, it is the politicians, i.e. Maxine Waters, who are telling these citizens that they don't want these jobs.

Every day I see American citizens standing with the illegals on corners hoping to get a days work, and they are working for sub-standard wages, so in my opinion, their argument doesn't hold water.

These jobs could typically be the stepping stone to the next level of employment for many Americans. Working these so-called unwanted jobs could allow them to develop at least some marketable skills, at the very least, learning how to be dependable, reliable and gain references.

We have high school students every summer who would love to get a summer job, but can't because there is some illegal taking up a space that they could readily fill should the opportunity be present. Consequently, many of them spend their summers learning how to be lazy, getting into trouble or playing video games 24/7. I know....I've seen them and you probably have too. Maybe our kids need some menial hard-labor jobs! I contend that this type of work built the character of our nation and made it the power it is today, thus, we can't just minimize the importance of it to the youth of this country.

So to all of the elitists who keep repeating the myth that Americans do not want these jobs....come take a ride with me on any give day and I will show you exactly what I am talking about! Shame on you!