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I've just read part of Scott McClellan's press
briefing. If I understand what he was saying, the people who are being
brought out from the shadows will be allowed to stay in the US for a
time, three years it would seem, but will then be required to return
to their home countries. They will be paying into Social Security while in
the US and it would appear to be the intention that they get SS benefits when
they return home provided that there is an agreement on SS with the home
country. There is no SS agreement with Mexico, though McClellan said
informal talks have been held. If there were no agreement, or if there
were a problem in tracking the legitimized illegals
after they had gone home, whatever they had paid in would stay
in.
I agree that illegal immigrants would see this as a
threat. It appears to put a time limit on their stay in the US when many
would have entered the US with the intention of staying. It would require
employers to hire the legitimatised immigrants only if the job had been turned
down by Americans, and it probably would have been turned down because wages
offered were too low or because of the nature of the work. I can see why
ever so many illegal immigrants might not want to come out of the
shadows.
Ed
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 10:37
AM
Subject: Re: [Futurework] Bush's amnesty
program for illegal immigrantworkers: Texan Trojan Horse? Or decent sensible
policy?
Ed, I don't think this is about votes at all. I feel that there are a lot
of low income Hispanics who view this as a threat, first due to increased
competition from immigrants, and second, due to the fact that there will be a
lot more police and judicial hassle.
What Bush is doing is to find ways to shore up social security without
significantly restructuring it. Although I see this as another effort to
undermine wages, the US will need to increase the pool of younger workers to
support Social Security in the very near future.
Bill
It's all part of a
grander vision. In the US, working for a living is no longer as
important as it once was. Who does it matters less and less.
Crappy jobs can be done by cheap insourced labour, while expensive jobs can
be outsourced overseas. How are ordinary Americans going to make a
living? Why, by being part of Bush's "ownership society"! They
will own the capital and let others do the work.
Ed
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 8:35
PM
Subject: [Futurework] Bush's amnesty program for
illegal immigrant workers: Texan Trojan Horse? Or decent sensible
policy?
> What does
everyone think:
>
> Is Bush's amnesty program for illegal
immigrant workers
> really a way to fill jobs here in the US that
no
> American wants, and to provide the immigrant workers
> with
rights and a more decent life?
>
> Or is it another way to
reduce American labor costs
> by increasing competition from persons
who are
> willing to work under worse conditions and for less?
>
> Trade union busting? Or civic union enhancing?
>
>
Could Bush actualy be doing something constructive?
>
> What do
you think?
>
> \brad mccormick
>
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that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16)
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>
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5:21)
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