A lot of forces are colluding in order to push illegal alien amnesty upon the American public. Progressive liberals, establishment politicians of both parties, major corporations, and the US Chamber of Commerce are all striving to make amnesty a fact and not just a liberal wish for Kwanzaa. In fact, the US Chamber of Commerce is going to spend tens of millions to fight against conservative candidates in the upcoming 2014 midterm elections. To push this agenda, they've been pulling out all the stops: sob-inducing stories where children of illegal aliens beg not to be deported or have the family broken up, painting all illegal aliens as hard-working people who only want a chance at economic prosperity, or that America is a nation of immigrants. One such argument that these anti-law abiding groups push is that immigrants are needed to do the work that Americans won't do. This is an utter lie.
The employment picture in America right now is dismal and grows worse with each passing day. Almost 92 million Americans have dropped out of the labor force (which is why the unemployment rate seems to be floating between 7-8% despite jobs disappearing every day). Since 2009, there has been an additional 9.6 million Americans of working age that are unemployed. The number of jobs created aren't even enough to keep pace with population growth, much less putting people back to work. But yet we're told again and again we need to open the borders and allow millions of illegals to flock here and that it'll be good for the economy.
Such a situation such as amnesty is only good for a select few. First, it's good for Democrats as illegal aliens will vote overwhelming liberal. Ensuring a huge expansion of voters for decades to come is a win-win for Democrats, even as America disintegrates around them. Second, it's good for big businesses that want to push their profits as high as they can go. I'm a free market conservative and think that it's great for corporations to make money. Normally, such a situation would be that when corporations make money, they expand and hire more people. If they have good people working for them, they're willing to pay them more to keep them lest some rival snatch them away. However, amnesty wipes that model out completely. Corporations know that they can pay amnestied immigrants much cheaper than native Americans. This is why the US Chamber of Commerce and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook are pushing amnesty. They want skilled workers, but they don't want to pay fair market value for them. A question that is never asked in the media is if there are so many Americans out of work, how is flooding the market with cheap foreign labor going to help? It defies rational thought and any economic sense.
As for jobs that Americans won't do, that's an utter crock. I see grown men and women doing the most menial of tasks, such as landscaping, in order to make ends meet. When was the last time you had your yard mowed or your newspaper delivered by a teenager? How many bag boys or cashiers at the local supermarket are middle-aged or older when it used to be mostly high school or college kids? It looks to me that Americans are quite willing to work. The only problem is that there aren't any jobs available. If you're lucky enough to find one, many people are reluctant to take it as they'll lose all their federal benefits, such as food stamps or disability if they do so. The system is rigged to keep people from working on multiple fronts. There are few jobs. If you take a job, you lose benefits. Thus we get pro-amnesty groups saying we need more labor to come into the market. It's all a scam. The great amnesty shell game and it's the American people who are getting conned.
