Sunday, June 1, 2014

What is your reaction to this story Illegal immigrants finding it hard to get work & may leave US?

What is your reaction to this story Illegal immigrants finding it hard to get work & may leave US?
For the first time since he arrived in the United States 27 years ago, Isidro Alvarado, a day laborer in Vista, says he's thinking about going home to Mexico. Alvarado said he is finding it increasingly hard to get work here. He's not alone. A recent study by the Pew Hispanic Center, a research organization, reported that Latino immigrants ---- legal and illegal ---- have been hit hard by the nation's struggling economy, and some are returning home. That's playing out locally. Officials with two North County day labor centers run by nonprofit agencies said they have seen a steady decline in the number of employers looking for workers. Work is one of the main reasons why illegal immigrants such as Alvarado come to this country. Alvarado said he resorted to standing at the corner of South Santa Fe and Escondido avenues in Vista three months ago, when he lost his job at a construction company. He gets odd jobs from homeowners and small contractors moving furniture, landscaping and painting, he said. "This year, it got ugly," Alvarado, 32, said. "Many people are out of work and don't even have money for presents. It doesn't even feel like Christmas." Over the last week, he said, he has worked only one day and is struggling to make ends meet. At about 10 a.m. Tuesday, no employer had stopped to offer work to the more than 50 men standing on the sidewalk, many of whom were illegal immigrants from Mexico and Central America. Gordon Hanson, an economist at UC San Diego who specializes in immigration issues, said the jury is still out as to whether immigrants are leaving the U.S. because of the economy. He said much of the data that is available was culled before the economic crisis deepened late this year. But there are early indications they are leaving, Hanson said. "This is an expensive place to live, and some of the hardest hit areas in the economy are construction, hospitality and retail," industries that rely heavily on immigrant labor, Hanson said. In North County, Interfaith Community Services officials said fewer and fewer employers have come to them looking for workers in recent years. For example, there were 248 employers in October 2005, 137 in October 2006, 78 in October 2007 and 82 in October 2008. Officials noted that October 2007 was an unusual month because of the wildfires, when the office was closed for a few days.http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/12/20/news/sandiego/z1d2703d8b7baaa4488257521006b3238.txt I ask WHO CARES???!!!! We have American Citizens who can't find a job, the LAST thing on our minds is the illegal's not having jobs. They shouldn't of had any in the first place! GO BACK TO WHERE YOU ARE FROM... MEXICO, CUBA, GUAM, CHINA, MARS, DOESN'T MATTER, JUST GO BACK! Do U agree ? Y/N/?
Immigration - 13 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
Boo hoo. Poor Alverado. No one would buy him presents. It's a shame.
2 :
It makes me all warm and tingly inside. I'm happy they can't find work. Finally, a light at the end of the tunnel
3 :
I guess I'll have to open my own business so i can employee some of them
4 :
I say... GOOD! get the heck out an come here legally! ...or dont.
5 :
oh my god....does this mean my yard is not going to get mowed in 09?
6 :
GOOD RIDDENCE GET THE F#%& OUT!!!!!!!!!!! TAKE ALL OF YA!!!!!!!!!!
7 :
With illegals heading back home and prisoners wanting to stay in prison, sounds like it's getting really bad, like an economic Katrina.
8 :
Why do you fear others that don't agree with you? do you have a fear of being wrong?
9 :
We Mexicans sure got a lot of guts demanding stuff from the USA, but we are all cowards in Mexico. I want to take back Mexico, but no one will come south of the border with me and march and demand rights in our own country. We blame everything on America and Americans. I am ashamed of my own people, for not standing up to our own government. The White people made this a great country, made a wonderful bill of rights and constitution and we use it against them. No wonder they are all mad and spiteful of Mexicans. They told england and the Queen to ##### off and went there own way. We can do this too in Mexico. Come on brothers and sisters, its time for us to take back Mexico from the corrupt government. Come with me, stand up. We have a beautiful country, the land is better and richer than America, lets go back and get it what belongs to us already.
10 :
They can't leave fast enough for me.
11 :
Wait a minute..... Yep, I actually shed a tear... Well, maybe not... I only hope his personal vehicle is a greyhound bus and he wants to car pool with 40 others. Restrain Repatriate Repeat
12 :
In the case of Cuba WE CANNOT GO BACK. I thought everyone knew that If you had removed fidel from Cuba none of us would be here. Don't complain !
13 :
I think it's great.


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