People in Greeley say many of the illegal immigrants have simply returned or been replaced by newer, also illegal workers. Others report that the raid created an anti-Latino mood, causing some legally resident Latinos to leave town, lest they be targeted, too.If she weren't a "liberal" and a supporter of illegal activity, I'm sure they'd be all over it.
And there is a new influx to Greeley: hundreds of Somali refugees, who are legally allowed to live and work in the United States. The same situation is playing out in Grand Island, Neb., also the scene of a 2006 Swift raid. Hundreds of Somalis, many from Minnesota, are arriving to take the jobs once held by the Latino immigrants. But officials there also do not believe the illegal or legal Latino population has changed much.
Some argue that undocumented Latinos are taking jobs that could be filled by native-born workers. In the case of slaughterhouses — where wages start at $12 an hour — this seems not to be true. If it were, why are they now being filled by Somalis, who have crossed the world, and then the nation, to resettle in mid-sized American cities?
Somalis and other refugees are hardly the answer to this nation’s low-wage labor needs, however one may feel about their appearance in Greeley and Grand Island. Those needs can only be solved by Congress — which, by failing to alter immigration laws so that Latino immigrant workers could arrive and be hired legally, laid the path for these federal raids.
Immigration2008a · Tue, 05/20/2008 - 13:59 · Importance: 1
I will NEVER understand the mixed up world of a Liberal. It makes me wonder, what hapened to then as children? Where they molested or left in a car during the summer for a little too long? Paint chips? Beat up? C'mon libs fess up!
many who work for ICE Are people of color and not white many are hispanics and many are blacks which one is she mad at her people or the blacks?
Any one who helps the illegal immigrants should be arrested for aiding and abetting
'Some argue that undocumented Latinos are taking jobs that could be filled by native-born workers. In the case of slaughterhouses — where wages start at $12 an hour — this seems not to be true.' Mary, you got it backwards. The wage is what it is BECAUSE of the availability of the illegal labor. It used to be much, much higher not even accounting for inflation.