Unlikely immigrants
Good news, everyone…unemployment dropped to 9.7% last month. Unfortunately, the economy still lost 20,000 jobs. It may seem strange that we decreased unemployment and still lost jobs. But, as it turns out, people are simply discouraged with the economic “recovery” and about 1.1M have stopped looking for work, according to NPR.
To further complicate the unemployment issue, America has still not taken any significant action to thwart an invading swarm of undocumented workers (aka working illegal aliens). In fact, it would seem that the US is opening it’s doors more widely. The US is transporting injured Haitian earthquake victims into Florida hospitals. This has resulted in the issuance of National Disaster Medical System being paid to Florida…to support non-Americans. Doctors estimate that cost of care can exceed $100,000 per patient. So, your tax dollars will not only go to support the recovery of Haiti ($100M) but now this will be multiplied by transportation costs and medical costs for bringing Haitians int the US for treatment. Further, we have seen what has happened before. Call them immigrants, refugees, Boat People, whatever. But once here, most will stay because the US has promoted the idea of not returning refugees to their native countries. At the risk of seeming uncaring, I ask…shouldn’t some degree of Darwinism be applied in the Haitian earthquake? In January, the US invited the estimated 200,000 Haitian illegal immigrants who already live in the US to apply for Temporary Protection Status. Does anyone else see anything wrong with this? They are already illegal, why invite them to stay longer? They have been a burden on our economy and directly contribute to the unemployment rates in the US. Now, we are importing immigrants from the earthquake.
I believe that the infusion of immigrants into our economy is a positive addition. Most arrive with strong work ethic and help to sustain a high standard of work performance. But, shouldn’t this be more closely regulated as is done in countries such as Canada and Australia? And, in an already struggling economy, how will the US be able to accept a large population of Haitian refugees without adversely affecting the currently unemployed Americans? In 2007, there were approximately 37.9 illegal immigrants in the US. How strangely does that compare to the current 30M unemployed in the US?
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