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Employment Prospects Bright for Unregistered Immigrant
Workers
Dateline Los Angeles - April 10, 2006
It is just another day here in East Los Angeles, calm, peaceful,
almost tranquil. Unlike in other major cities across the nation,
there were no walkouts in this tiny corner of America. No Protests.
Only the sounds of hope, eminating from the same communities which
have driven so much debate today.
"I don't really understand the purpose," says 26 year old Jose Chavez,
"I mean, who wants to pay taxes? Who wants the government taking
half of your paycheck?"
This sentiment is perhaps the unheard minority in America right now,
those immigrants who do not care about the rights and repsonsibilities
being protested for across America. But indeed, Jose is not alone.
"Think about it, if these guys go out and become citizens, then what",
echoes Juanita Roberta Maria Lopez Rosario, "They will be forced to make
minimum wage, and get health benefits. Then they will be just like
every other white American citizen. They will have lost the competitive
advantage of being able to work for half of what the gringos work for."
This appears to be an unpublicized side effect of the immigration reform
movement. We interviewed Dr. Nota Bigotreally, an economics professor at
Crazy Go Nuts University, and he had this to say.
"This is certainly an issue which needs to be discussed in the context
of immigration reform. Can our economy sustain the instant shock of
granting citizenship to 12 million immigrants? Can Wal-Mart, for example,
economically absorb the instant doubling or tripling of its operational costs?"
On the streets, however, the issue hits home harder than any intellectual
analysis can explain.
"I mean really, if I wasn't willing to work for half or a third of what
white people who are citizens expect, then my I wouldn't have a job
here," concluded Chavez.
But amongst this uncertainty, emerges the bright light of hope. Indeed,
the prospect of more employment sits on the horizon for those like Chavez.
"Just the other day there were 10 guys on the corner waiting for roofing
jobs on my block. With all these protests, and everybody trying to be
a citizen and everything, I was out there alone today. All the work I wanted
I could have, it was incredible."
Incredible indeed.
For Waldo News, this is Ihopei Dontgetlynched reporting.
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