Unemployment and underemployment (not earning enough to lift themselves from poverty) is a world wide problem effecting an estimated one third of the worlds population. Consequently, corporations which feel no obligation to alleviate this situation but every desire to exploit it shape government policy accordingly. There are more people in India with bachelors degrees that speak English then there are people in the U.S. There is why Republicans show no real desire to support public education because at any level you can import labor already educated and trained for a cheaper cost.
If government wanted to stop illegal immigration it could do so tomorrow, simply jail corporate employees and officers who hire illegal aliens or contractors who do it for them. The message would soon travel south of the border to let people know there are no jobs in America, but that would mean wages and benefits would have to increase and corporate profits decline. Corporate control of government will not allow that to happen.
Government policies focus on apprehending aliens because it creates the illusion of action while doing nothing to actually stem the flow. Government action against employers is hundreds of times more cost effective but that would mean offending campaign contributors. Demonstrating this, government actions against employers for hiring illegal aliens have fallen from a meager 400 complaints per year to one.
4) EXPLOITATION OF LABOR: Working cheaply, most of the time off the books, the employer doesn?t pay benefits, unemployment, workers compensation, social security or other government required compensations. Workers can be forced to work in unsafe conditions, overworked, and exploited. Wage and work conditions are suffered by illegals that would never be tolerated by American workers. Workers who complain or try to organize are often turned into INS by their own employers for deportation. The government has become an enforcer for companies who would exploit workers.
Motivation for Guest Worker Legislation
The corporate and government motivation for a guest worker program is not to deal with illegal immigration but to legalize its exploitive effects and solve its public relations problems.
Outsourcing of American jobs has become a source of backlash against an American corporations and Republican policies. While enforcement against employers is non existent, as long as it is on the books it is a potential liability. In addition outsourcing jobs has increased trade deficits and sometimes failed because of a lack of supporting infrastructure. The use of insourcing or allowing legal and illegal workers into the country solves these problems and maintains the advantage of undermining workers here at home. The combination of outsourcing and insourcing causes the very real suppression of wages, benefits and loss of jobs to Americans workers who are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with government policies.
The use of irrational fear of terrorism after 9-11 was exploited for Republican gain but increased the awareness that there were millions of people floating around the country with no identity or address attached to a government file somewhere. The government increased enforcement to put on a show of action but knew that this would not stem the tide of immigration. In addition, a virtual flood of immigrants pushed into smaller and rougher entry points into the U.S. left a trail of dead immigrants, overrun property owners and a feeling of invasion in some border areas.
Exploiting fears of immigrants to increase surveillance and police powers is also a tactic of the administration. The ?Real ID? policy which will force every American to carry federal identification papers and the virtual suspension of the bill of rights, especially the fourth amendment against illegal search and seizure with in 100 miles of any U.S. border are but two examples. The militarization of the border and the expansion of homeland security is part of the concentration of police power under federal government control.
The Minutemen are a perfect example of the Republicans exploitation of the negative consequences of their own policies. Caught between these conservative blue color militias and their business constituents. Republicans and many Democrats alike claim to understand their concern, but refuse to crack down on their infringements on other Americans while promising more troops, fences and other law enforcement actions.
The Republican/Corporate Solution
The political solution for the Republicans is the Guest Worker program, a policy that will allow them to claim credit for controlling the problem while legalizing the exploitation of aliens and undermining American labor.
All immigrants will be registered allegedly to satisfy security concerns. Faced with an underground life avoiding immigration authorities or registering with the implied promise of future legitimacy, illegal aliens will be lined up as far as the eye can see to register. Even though the President has stated that this is not a prelude to amnesty (this I believe he is being honest about) illegal immigration has surged since his announcement in hopes of a future amnesty program.
The real reason for registration is to legalize the employers who have been exploiting these workers. The President seems to believe that employers who previously exploited and abused immigrant workers would not do that now that they will be given total control over a worker?s right to remain in the country. Where before, workers could at least disappear and seek other illegal work they will now be tied to their employer to avoid deportation. ?Hey Pablo, would you mind mowing my yard and cementing my patio for free this week end?? He is also using the bill to expand government police control, boosting the number of INS officers, homeland security powers and building more detention centers.
Registration would allow a worker to the U.S. for three years on the basis of a contract with an employer and then renew for an additional three years. After six years the immigrant would have to return to their home country at least one year. The setting up of a system that makes workers completely dependent on the employers good graces is one that almost demands exploitation under legal sanction. These workers will have no right to organize, change jobs, get U.S. benefits, make complaints, claim unemployment, or other legal rights of a U.S. citizen. It will be the legalization of a semi-slave class in America.
The President is saying that they would contribute to some kind of fund that they could draw on after their return. Given the President?s record it will be mandatory, no employer contribution and guess what, it will be to a privatized stock market account benefiting the Prez?s large contributors. At the end of six years it will be ?Hey Pablo, when you get back to Mexico have your brother call me and I?ll get him a worker registration card.?
If government wanted to stop illegal immigration it could do so tomorrow, simply jail corporate employees and officers who hire illegal aliens or contractors who do it for them. The message would soon travel south of the border to let people know there are no jobs in America, but that would mean wages and benefits would have to increase and corporate profits decline. Corporate control of government will not allow that to happen.
Government policies focus on apprehending aliens because it creates the illusion of action while doing nothing to actually stem the flow. Government action against employers is hundreds of times more cost effective but that would mean offending campaign contributors. Demonstrating this, government actions against employers for hiring illegal aliens have fallen from a meager 400 complaints per year to one.
4) EXPLOITATION OF LABOR: Working cheaply, most of the time off the books, the employer doesn?t pay benefits, unemployment, workers compensation, social security or other government required compensations. Workers can be forced to work in unsafe conditions, overworked, and exploited. Wage and work conditions are suffered by illegals that would never be tolerated by American workers. Workers who complain or try to organize are often turned into INS by their own employers for deportation. The government has become an enforcer for companies who would exploit workers.
The corporate and government motivation for a guest worker program is not to deal with illegal immigration but to legalize its exploitive effects and solve its public relations problems.
Outsourcing of American jobs has become a source of backlash against an American corporations and Republican policies. While enforcement against employers is non existent, as long as it is on the books it is a potential liability. In addition outsourcing jobs has increased trade deficits and sometimes failed because of a lack of supporting infrastructure. The use of insourcing or allowing legal and illegal workers into the country solves these problems and maintains the advantage of undermining workers here at home. The combination of outsourcing and insourcing causes the very real suppression of wages, benefits and loss of jobs to Americans workers who are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with government policies.
The use of irrational fear of terrorism after 9-11 was exploited for Republican gain but increased the awareness that there were millions of people floating around the country with no identity or address attached to a government file somewhere. The government increased enforcement to put on a show of action but knew that this would not stem the tide of immigration. In addition, a virtual flood of immigrants pushed into smaller and rougher entry points into the U.S. left a trail of dead immigrants, overrun property owners and a feeling of invasion in some border areas.
Exploiting fears of immigrants to increase surveillance and police powers is also a tactic of the administration. The ?Real ID? policy which will force every American to carry federal identification papers and the virtual suspension of the bill of rights, especially the fourth amendment against illegal search and seizure with in 100 miles of any U.S. border are but two examples. The militarization of the border and the expansion of homeland security is part of the concentration of police power under federal government control.
The Minutemen are a perfect example of the Republicans exploitation of the negative consequences of their own policies. Caught between these conservative blue color militias and their business constituents. Republicans and many Democrats alike claim to understand their concern, but refuse to crack down on their infringements on other Americans while promising more troops, fences and other law enforcement actions.
The Republican/Corporate Solution
The political solution for the Republicans is the Guest Worker program, a policy that will allow them to claim credit for controlling the problem while legalizing the exploitation of aliens and undermining American labor.
All immigrants will be registered allegedly to satisfy security concerns. Faced with an underground life avoiding immigration authorities or registering with the implied promise of future legitimacy, illegal aliens will be lined up as far as the eye can see to register. Even though the President has stated that this is not a prelude to amnesty (this I believe he is being honest about) illegal immigration has surged since his announcement in hopes of a future amnesty program.
The real reason for registration is to legalize the employers who have been exploiting these workers. The President seems to believe that employers who previously exploited and abused immigrant workers would not do that now that they will be given total control over a worker?s right to remain in the country. Where before, workers could at least disappear and seek other illegal work they will now be tied to their employer to avoid deportation. ?Hey Pablo, would you mind mowing my yard and cementing my patio for free this week end?? He is also using the bill to expand government police control, boosting the number of INS officers, homeland security powers and building more detention centers.
Registration would allow a worker to the U.S. for three years on the basis of a contract with an employer and then renew for an additional three years. After six years the immigrant would have to return to their home country at least one year. The setting up of a system that makes workers completely dependent on the employers good graces is one that almost demands exploitation under legal sanction. These workers will have no right to organize, change jobs, get U.S. benefits, make complaints, claim unemployment, or other legal rights of a U.S. citizen. It will be the legalization of a semi-slave class in America.
The President is saying that they would contribute to some kind of fund that they could draw on after their return. Given the President?s record it will be mandatory, no employer contribution and guess what, it will be to a privatized stock market account benefiting the Prez?s large contributors. At the end of six years it will be ?Hey Pablo, when you get back to Mexico have your brother call me and I?ll get him a worker registration card.?
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