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December 8, 2011

Labor Secretary's Farming Regulations Will Benefit Illegal Aliens

Peter Gadiel

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Hilda Solis.
 
Pres. Obama has continually ignored his duty under the Constitution to enforce our laws against illegal immigration. He has also ignored the Constitutional requirement that he protect the States against invasion.
 
Because of these continuing violations of his oath of office the campaign to protect Americans from invaders has been moved to the States. This is entirely appropriate given the States inherent power to protect their citizens from violence, as well as their duty to the federal government and the Nation as a whole to enforce valid federal laws. Consistent with their obligations to their citizens and the federal government many States have attempted to pass their own statutes that would codify how their police and bureaucrats will execute the laws Obama has chosen to ignore.
 
There have been many state immigration enforcement bills proposed: to require employers to utilize the federal E-Verify program to ensure that employees are legally authorized to work in the U.S.; to require police to enroll in the federal Secure Communities Program to ensure that the records of illegals who are arrested are turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; to deny drivers' licenses to illegals as well as in-state tuition rates and public colleges; deny them subsidized housing and mortgages.  The list is a long one since the list of benefits currently available to illegals is also long.
 
In working with activists across the country who have lobbied for State legislation intended to support federal immigration law I have found that among the most effective enemies of national security are the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Farm Bureau. This year alone, in well over a dozen States the power of the Chamber and Farm Bureau to block efforts to protect U.S. national security and sovereignty have been insurmountable, with the result that these bills have been defeated.
 
Long ago, the Farm Bureau jumped into bed with the illegal alien lobby to maintain a supply of cheap, illegal alien labor.   So now it's amusing to see this group of sellouts now becoming the victims of that lobby.
 
For reasons unclear to me and irrelevant to this discussion, there has remained a significant number of farm jobs for which American teens rather than illegal aliens have been the preferred labor pool. Now, with the backing of the illegal alien lobby, Obama's Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis, is proposing new regulations that would stab the farm lobby in the back: the new regulations would have the practical effect of prohibiting most teenagers from working on farms.
 
The proposed regulations, contained in 57,000 words on 50 pages of the Federal Register (available on the net here) would, according to the Farm Bureau, require that teens complete at least ninety hours of classroom instruction before they could be hired for farm work. It would also prohibit teens from operating any power-driven equipment, implements or devices; prohibit them from herding animals on horseback, and effectively prevent them from climbing into haylofts that are over six feet above ground (which is to say, all haylofts.)
 
It would also end teenage participation in corn detasseling in which corn tassels are manually pulled from the tops of the plants after machines have removed the majority.  This massive job, requiring thousands of workers is to rural families and teens many things:  a rite of passage, a first job, a lesson in the work ethic, an essential service to farmers, and a source of income (up to $12.50 per hour).
 
The alleged purpose of the proposed regu;ations is to "protect" children, but as with everything else in this administration, in order to find the real reason for a decision you first have to identify who it is that is being paid off. In this case the payee is the illegal alien lobby; by eliminating job opportunities for tens of thousands of American teens, those same jobs will instantly become available to the only other group competing for this work:  illegal aliens. The Washington Times quotes a single Iowa farmer saying that the proposed regulation will eliminate between 1,200 and 2,000 teens from his work force.  Multiply that by tens of thousands of farms and you begin to see the monumental scope of the sacrifice American teens will have to make in order fund Obama's gift to illegals.
 
More evidence that this is a cynical political payoff is discerned by looking at the promoters if this scheme. Surprise! The people pressing for this just happen to be the same groups that represent the interests of illegal aliens. The groups that comprise the "Child Labor Coalition," which provides the camouflage for Secretary Solis's assault on farm families include: Dialogue on Diversity; El Centro Latino of Western N.C.; Farm Labor Organizing Committee; Latin Council for Latin American Advancement; Hispanic Federation; League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC); Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF); Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC); Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee; American Assoc. of University Women (AAUW), and on and on.
 
The vast, overwhelming majority of the kids who will be deprived of work will be white American teens in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Nebraska and other States. So far as anyone can tell, the gangs at LULAC, AAUW, MALDEF, etc have never before been on record as being concerned with anything that promotes the welfare of white, middle class teen agers. To the contrary, these groups have only supported measures that promote "rights" for illegal aliens at the expense of white, black and brown American citizens.
 
Thus, it cannot be believed that LULAC and MALDEF, et al. are now suddenly concerned about the welfare of Americans. Nor is it believable that illegal alien farm workers are merely the unintended beneficiaries of the Obama-Solis scheme.
 
Now, let us return our attention to the American Farm Bureau, itself a lobby representing family owned farms. I have spoken in States from New Hampshire to North Carolina to Kansas on numerous issues: implementation of E-Verify, drivers' licenses for illegals, etc and everywhere been opposed by the Farm Bureau in collaborating with the pro-illegal alien lobby.   I am therefore amused to see that the Bureau has become the latest victim of their longtime allies.  The illegal alien lobby has driven millions of Americans out of agricultural, factory, and construction jobs. For whatever reasons, whether it be the nature of the work, the time of year the work is to be done or the flexible schedules these jobs permit, there remains a segment of the agricultural job market that remains attractive to a portion of the American population at wages that are also attractive. The illegal alien lobby, with the connivance of its White House pals now intends to prevent those Americans from taking those jobs from illegals.
 
Farmers, for centuries the heroes and beneficiaries of Jeffersonian mythology, long ago threw in their lot with the illegal alien lobby, the enemy of the American laborer. Farmers were responsible for the first drive to import cheap, illegal labor. Their 'success' in replacing American labor with foreign was so impressive that manufacturers and builders, bankers, lawyers and leftists, seeing a whole new source of power followed in their furrows. The illegal alien mob, now far stronger than ever has turned on the farmers who were its first source of political muscle. I cannot resist the temptation to point out that "you reap what you sow."
 
FamilySecurityMatters.org Contributing Editor Peter Gadiel is the president of 9/11 Families for a Secure America. Since the murder of his son in the World Trade Center on 9/11 he has devoted his life to working for secure borders and enforcement of immigration law. The views expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of 9/11 FSA.
 

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First, President Obama was lambasted for the record number of deportations that occurred under his administration. Thus, I find it hard for anyone to argue that he has not had an impact on illegal immigration.
Second, the farm lobbyists and retail lobbyists are pursuing the loosening of child labor laws in order to release adults (and their higher wages) in favor of cheap labor.
Third, there have been numerous reports of farmers having trouble attracting legal citizens to the farming community because the work is so backbreaking and difficult. These same farmers were once employing illegal aliens but due to the record deportations, immigration laws and illegals fleeing the country, have had to play by the rules and thus, have been unable to employ legal citizens for the reasons already defined.

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posted by: Lord Bedlam
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 06:21 AM

I have gotten so tired of socialist that have entered the Republican party and work to add additional restrictions on business owners.

I would argue that labor is a commodity like any other product. Prohibiting business from employing a willing workforce falsely inflates wages which in turn takes profits out of the pockets of business owners. This is why we are in business, to make a profit.

Rather than restrict our access to labor we should be working to remove these barriers. Border controls for labor should be removed along with the FLSA, EPA,SSA, Department of Labor and Davis Bacon.

Nobody restricts consumers from buying goods made in third world countries so why should American business owners be denied the right to hire labor as they see fit from any source. The alternative is we move our businesses off shore where a business owner can operate without governmental intrusion. If true free access to labor was allowed we would be able to compete with countries like China.

American workers have become too comfortable and have a sence of entitlement. There is no reason why simple labor should expect a standard of living that is greater than workers in neihboring contries enjoy. If we allowed for free flow of labor the market would push wages down and this would dis-incentivise Mexican workers from coming to the United States. We simply have to trust the free market and stop expecting the government to protect the American workers standard of living.

posted by: Donny1020
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 11:15 AM

"...American workers have become too comfortable and have a sence of entitlement. There is no reason why simple labor should expect a standard of living that is greater than workers in neihboring contries enjoy. If we allowed for free flow of labor the market would push wages down and this would dis-incentivise Mexican workers from coming to the United States..."

Well, there you have it, direct from a cheap-illegal labor criminal's mouth. How about posting the name of your business?

In the above article, you could easily substitute George W. Bush for Obama in the first two paragraphs. While Perry went down in flames after performing the Amnesty Suck on live TV, people like Donny1020, aka: Mr. & Mrs Gated Community, believe they have found the "messiah" in Newt Gingrich. His personal brand of treason is "highly intelligent."

Then you have Mitt Romney, connected by a 2,000 mile umbilical cord to the Morman church in Utah, who recently removed a national hero and the most successful legislator in America, Russell Pearce. The church's stealth, tax-exempt political influence directed Mormons to vote AGAINST immigration enforcment.

And rounding out the "hot three" is the method screwball with Libertarian blood, Ron Paul, who remarked a couple of months ago "fences can keep Americans in."

The only true conservative and patriot in the GOP wax to watch is Michele Bachman. If the racketeers in the GOP/U.S. Chamber of Congress bring any of the current "frontrunners" to the podium, I'll vote for another term of Obama.

With Obama in the White House, and a GOP-controlled congress, there will be NO amnesty. That buys us four more years to delouse the country of Donny1020's employees.

posted by: ZOO
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 12:24 AM

Well Donny,
In that case, why should the US Government even protect your standard of living? Why not disband the military, let other governments and war lords into the US so they can take everything you own at gunpoint?

You are a selfish, treasonous azz.

posted by: John Bowman
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 01:46 PM

My cousin told me that Hilda Solis was a CHOLA at La Puente High School in California during I believe the 70's.
My cousin attended the same high school.
Also when Hilda Solis entered politics she was seen exiting a car at an American citizens rally in California that was against illegal workers in the U.S.and Hilda apparently began yelling at the "citizens" for peacefully protesting against the illegal workers.
This is our Labor Secretary!
Are we still in the United States folks?

posted by: Beverly
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 03:09 PM

Is there a single thing, one little bitty thing, that Solis is concerned about when it comes to,AMERICAN CITIZENS!!! You know, those American suckers that have paid and paid, for years, into a system whether its schooling, some form of government assistance, or maybe medical help when they can't afford it, BUT CAN'T GET ANY OF THOSE SERVICES, OR ONLY ON A REDUCED BASIS, BECAUSE IN STATE AFTER STATE THEY HAVE BEEN BANKRUPTED BY FOREIGN NATIONALS ALLOWED INTO THIS NATION ILLEGALY BY OUR SO-CALLED REPRESENTATIVES.

posted by: American citizen
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 03:17 PM

Beverly, that is highly possible for any hispanic involved politically, that comes for California, a place where every business, for some reason, has signs in Spanish, Mexican flags flying from porches, and hispanic heritage month, every month.

posted by: American Citizen
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 03:23 PM

Beverly, that is highly possible for any hispanic involved politically, that comes for California, a place where every business, for some reason, has signs in Spanish, Mexican flags flying from porches, and hispanic heritage month, every month.

posted by: American Citizen
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These are the new Hispanics
and usually Anchor babies as I believe Solis is!
The Hispanics from the good old days (usually native to the U.S. and a result of Spanish colonialism) were patriotic American citizens. Most didn't get into politics.
And that is the real shame.
Any Hispanic that flies the Mexican flag displays Spanish signs is in my opinion a foreign agent.
And every foreign agent that works for a foreign nation in the U.S. and for the advancement of that nation should register as an agent of a foreign government. No one would have put up with this in the past.

posted by: Beverly
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 05:42 PM

Beverly,
No, we are not in the United States, we are in the North American Union, as designed and promoted by the traitors in DC. All that is needed to make it official is another illegal alien amnesty. Which by the way Next Gingrich supports, another giant amnesty and by extension the North American Union.

posted by: John Bowman
Friday, December 9, 2011 at 01:42 PM

John Bowman I am aware of what this has become. Yet not one American leader will actually stand up and admit it will they? They know what will happen!
Only one week ago The Republican Senate with a few Democrat traitors tried to pass S. 1867, and erase our U.S. Constitution! They pulled this BS a couple days later because the fury would have been to much for them.
You think Americans are going down without a fight?

posted by: Beverly
Friday, December 9, 2011 at 02:53 PM

Just the next step of illegal alien economic engine takeover of all the jibs US citizens might have. Solution is a class action by the owner investor American citizens class action lawsuit against the U.S. Fed and illegal aliens and their countries of origin (who tell American citizens who should have jobs in the U.S.) to pay for their illegal use of the USA.

posted by: eaglesglen
Friday, December 9, 2011 at 03:55 PM

Beverly, I haven't the slightest doubt Solis is an anchor baby. Even this doesn't matter anylonger, since the leftist morons in this nation are in the process of redefining that term, because they claim it has a negative connotation. Aha, everything that puts the light on illegal immigration has a "negative" connotation to these traitors.

posted by: Bobby
Friday, December 9, 2011 at 04:55 PM

The farmers will poor mouth people to death when they have expensive, beautiful homes for themselves and their adult children, expensive cars and trucks in the driveway. They always have and they always will poor mouth.

Read that only cost 9 cents more per item for legal workers. But if these illegal are so under paid why are groceries so high?

Those GA and AL farmers want to be like their great grand daddy's before the Civil War with slave wages and high living. But on the History Channel recently it said they have mechanism today that pick 90% of the grapes and 80% of the olives and cotton gins. So they don't need as many farm workers today. Therefore we don't need the illegal aliens for the farms as an excuse.

Our homeless before the illegal Mexicans invaded this country had day jobs, which the illegal Mexicans stole from them. Why can't these church going fundie farmers give the jobs to our homeless which includes Vets, women and children? Some of them are just down on their luck esp. today.

There was a show on homeless women. One middle age women had a job, but she could not afford a place to live and slept in her car. Another woman had two bar tending jobs and would save money up to rent a Ryder truck for her and her cat to get off the streets.

Anti American, to hire the illegal over our homeless.
Not to mention the farmers are hypocrite religious fundies to leave them in the streets to die. Then go to church on Sunday hypocrites. So Americans they call themselves and fly the flag, but hire the illegal over our homeless.

In a better country they would have sent the illegal back home like IKE did. But obama is just a puppet for Soros and Gregorian who benefit from amnesty. I could say a lot more against Soros.

Up to $l2.50 an hour? That is more than jobs shops pay, stores pay etc. The illegal have already taken the jobs from the high school and college students for part time jobs and the summer jobs that they worked for college, clothes and cars etc.

Illegal not just picking crops, but taking the trades like plumbers, electricians, brick layers etc., construction, roofers and landscapers, Not to mention what do they do with their college degrees illegally?

Impeach Obama for his back door amnesty going against Congress who voted against amnesty twice and the Dream Act. I could add more reasons to impeach him too.

The illegal aliens have done nothing but hurt the young Americans to the elderly Americans in every way esp. financially. Well taking the jobs so the troops had to enlist, because they didn't have a job and couldn't afford college. They had nothing, because of the illegal and so enlisted. While they were in Iraq, Afghan fighting, dying, limbs off the illegal were having the time or their lives in the US being supported by US citizens who could not support themselves. Kick the illegal Mexicans back home to wealthy, beautiful with farms, nice houses, national health care Mexico. For stealing our country and hurting our citizens that we have to subside them when we can't even afford our own lives and have to charge our groceries. That is if you want your country back and even to go back to l950's economy.

posted by: darraugh
Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 02:01 PM

Very well said darraugh.

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