Facts Prove Obama Against US Workers

Posted on | June 16, 2009 | 8 Comments

By Xelan Bonn (non-partisan, Independent) June 16, 2009 www.xelanbonn.com

Although in many respects President Obama seems to have a good heart on some issues and aspects, when it comes to unlawful workers and the stealing of US jobs and food from the mouths of Americans enduring long unemployment lines, Mr. Obama clearly ranks as the hands-down anti-US worker leader for the last 100 years of our history. If this was not the case, America’s unemployment rate would only be between 3-4% today.

Let’s begin with the some hard facts on the key issues.

Unemployment Facts
First, the unemployment rate at the end of May was officially 9.4% (14.5 million persons) nationally, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Of that, 3.9 million are long-term unemployed. The sectors of manufacturering, service, and construction were, and remain, the hardest hit.
[BLS Report: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm ]

Unemployment rates for Blacks is now the highest at 14.9% with Hispanics impacted at 12.7% while Whites are 8.6% and Asians only 6.7%. Teenagers are among the hardest hit group with a 22.7% unemployment rate.
[BLS Report: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm ]

Of the 304 million people in the US, there are nearly 155 million legal workers, including teenagers.
[BLS Report: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm ]

Unlawful Immigrant Facts
Immigrants, both legal and unlawful, account for 1/8th of all residents in the US, according to the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS).
[ CIS: http://www.cis.org/immigrants_profile_2007 ]

“Half of Mexican and Central American immigrants and one-third of South American immigrants are illegal,” says a 2007 Center For Immigration Studies report.
[ CIS: http://www.cis.org/immigrants_profile_2007 ]

Overstays account for at least 31 percent of the unlawful immigrants in the U.S. “Interior enforcement is the only method capable of dealing with these illegal immigrants.”
[Heritage Foundation: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigration/bg2241.cfm ]

Number Of Unlawful Immigrants (Estimate Averaging)
According to the Operation Safe America report that used a variety of methodologies and sources to make its study, as of Jan 2007 there were about 29 million “illegal aliens” on US soil. Their races include: White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, and mix of ethnicities.
[Patriot Union/ Patriot Society: http://www.patriotunion.org/docs_and_reports/in-house/operation_safe_america_report.htm (Page 32) ]

The conservative Heritage Foundation estimated 15 million unlawful immigrants in the US in 2006.
[Heritage Foundation, James Jay Carafano Ph.D.: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigration/em1011.cfm ]

Pew Hispanic Center estimates there are 11.9 “undocumented immigrants” in the US as of March 2008, strongly noting the report is subject to estimate errors.
[Pew Hispanic Center: http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/94.pdf ]

Department of Homeland Security Report (essentially using the same data and methodology of the Pew Hispanic Center) estimated 11.6 million “illegal residents” as of January 2008.
[ DHS: http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/ois_ill_pe_2008.pdf ]

“…nearly one in three immigrants [12.6 million] is an illegal alien,” from a base estimate of 37.9 total immigrants estimated by the Center For Immigration Studies).
[ CIS: http://www.cis.org/immigrants_profile_2007 ]

Recap – Unlawful Immigrant Estimate Summary

Patriot Society = 29.0 million

Heritage Foundation = 15.0 million

Pew Hispanic Center = 11.9 million

Department of Homeland Security = 11.6 million

Center For Immigration Studies = 12.6 million

6 Report Average (Total Unlawful Immigrants / Best Guess) = 16.0 million

Unlawful Labor Facts
The Government Accounting Office (GAO) calculated that 63% of all persons on U.S. soil illegally also work illegally in a report tendered to Congress in 1977.
[GAO Report: http://archive.gao.gov/f0402/102866.pdf ]

According to a 2005 Pew Hispanic Center study, the following facts were reported:

Unlawful Immigrant Labor
Percent of Total Labor Force ( March 2005) – 4.9%
Total Unlawful Workforce (March 2005) – 7.2 million

By Occupation
Construction and Extractive – 20%
Production – 15%
Installation and Repair – 4%
(Other Categories Omitted)

Percentage of Unlawful Workforce To US Citizen / Authorized Workers

General Service
Unlawful – 31%
Lawful – 69%

Food Preparation
Unlawful – 12%
Lawful – 88%

Butchers & Food Processors
Unlawful – 27%
Lawful – 73%

Construction / Extraction
Unlawful – 19%
Lawful – 81%

Roofing
Unlawful – 36%
Lawful – 64%

Drywall
Unlawful – 27%
Lawful – 73%

Production
Unlawful – 15%
Lawful – 85%

Installation / Repair
Unlawful – 4%
Lawful – 96%

Farming
Unlawful – 24%
Lawful – 76%

Cleaning
Unlawful – 17%
Lawful – 83%

Leisure / Hospitality
Unlawful – 17%
Lawful – 83%

[ Pew: http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/61.pdf ]

Noteworthy: US citizen or authorized workers will perform in each and every category of jobs. However, unauthorized workers often work for much less wages, which artificially forces down wage levels for all authorized workers. The groups hit the hardest by wage devaluation are Blacks and Hispanics who often compete head to head with unauthorized labor. Also note that a majority of the jobs where unauthorized workers flourish are in traditionally higher paid blue collar jobs, such as construction, meat processing, and production, as well as many sectors within the service industry.

Biggest Misnomer Regarding Unlawful Immigrants
According the Pew Hispanic Center, only 5% of those coming to the US from Mexico were unemployed in their homeland.

[ Pew: http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/58.pdf ]

Summary Analyses
If we use the GAO estimate of 63% (of those who work unlawfully compared to those who do not work at all), and we use the “Average Total Of Unlawful Immigrants” in the US as calculated above (16 million), this equates to over 10.1 million jobs currently being consumed by those on US soil unlawfully.

Unemployment Summary

US Citizens Out Of Work = 14.5 million

Foreigners Unlawfully Working = 10.1 million

Adjusted Unemployment If Unlawful Foreigners Removed = 4.4 million

What this simple study in reason indicates, using a variety of reliable sources of data and information, is that the current unemployment rate would be somewhere near 3-4% nationally if all those on US soil unlawfully were removed today. The data and analysis shows US workers would likely fill all jobs now consumed by unlawful workers in all categories, given the fact that lawful workers (US citizens / authorized immigrants) already perform the very same jobs that are now being consumed in mass by unlawful workers.

Many studies indicate that over 50% of the jobs taken by unlawful workers pay hourly rates from $12 to $25 per hour, however, there is a lack of legitimate research on this issue. The fact is, in every job category, US / authorized workers do perform the jobs that unlawful workers usurp.

The final analysis is clear and simple. The fastest route to economic recovery lies in strigent interior and border enforcement of our immigration and employment laws—millions of US citizen and lawful immigrant families will be helped—chiefly, Blacks, Hispanics, and Teenagers looking to gain needed job experience and skills before embarking on their careers.

Obama’s stance on helping unlawful foreigners flourish and thrive is unequivocally a frontal assault on the US citizen and lawful immigrant worker and family in a national time of economic crisis. It’s unconscionable and immoral, as well as unethical and illegal—for the White House violates Article 4, Section 4 of the Constitution daily.

As much as this president appears a smooth, beguiling speechmaker, he is clearly just another corrupt politician working for greedy corporations wanting cheaper labor. He clearly does not have the best interest of the American people at heart, regardless of his rhetoric—14.5 million needlessly unemployed Americans and a corrosive immigration and national security policy and enforcement record is proof absolute!

About The Author
Xelan Bonn, MBA, is a highly seasoned freelance journalist and past president of nonpartisan Patriot Union of America (and past Editor-in-Chief of PUA News), as well as past contributor to one time White House and Congressional think tank, Patriot Society. He has numerous original breaking news stories to his credit that have later been followed extensively by the mainstream press. His political news and analysis blog is among the fastest growing in the US and draws loyal readers from around the world, including many members of the US Congress and politicians in top positions in dozens of foreign governments.

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