As the\nCOVID-19 outbreak spreads throughout the United States, non-essential\nbusinesses continue to close and many that remain open are reducing their\nstaff. This trend will likely continue for some time as the number of\nnationwide cases continues to increase every day. There is nothing positive\nabout millions of Americans losing their jobs for an extended period of time.\nHowever, we should take this as an opportunity to reboot the American economy\nto work for this nation\u2019s citizens once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eventually, the COVID-19 pandemic will subside and businesses will reopen their doors. As a result, millions of people will reenter the workforce. According to FAIR, 14.3 million illegal aliens<\/a> live in the U.S., and at least 7 million<\/a> of them were working jobs that should have belonged to Americans before this outbreak hit our shores. Many of these illegal aliens were also likely laid off from their positions and will want back in the workforce once life returns to normal. But rather than hire those illegal aliens again, employers should be compelled to put American workers first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even before this outbreak occurred, millions of people were unemployed and looking for jobs. Back in February before COVID-19 began impacting America\u2019s businesses, the U-6 unemployment rate<\/a> \u2013 which includes part-time employees and those who have given up on finding a job \u2013 was still at 7 percent. There was already no excuse for millions of illegal aliens to be in the workforce when we knew Americans would have taken many of those jobs. In the past, Americans have jumped at the opportunity to work in positions previously held by illegal aliens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested<\/a> 680 illegal aliens and immigrants without authorization to work in the United States after raiding several poultry processing plants in Mississippi last summer. In contrast to the open-borders argument that Americans won\u2019t take jobs that require hard manual labor, hundreds of lawful residents applied<\/a> for the newly opened positions within a week. And this isn\u2019t an anomaly. Any time a raid has resulted in the arrest of illegal aliens, Americans and lawful residents have flocked<\/a> to those positions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This\noutbreak is the perfect opportunity for businesses to right the wrongs of the\npast and hire the Americans who are willing and able to work for them. It\u2019s\nunlikely that the federal government will act against employers who hire\nillegal labor anytime soon as it is entirely \u2013 and rightly \u2013 focused on\nsuppressing the COVID-19 pandemic. And even prior to the onset of this\npandemic, the open-borders and business lobbyists managed to block or delay any\nattempt at protecting American workers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the aftermath of this crisis, the federal government must step up to the plate to ensure that we do not revert to business-as-usual practices of hiring illegal aliens to do jobs that should rightly be held by American workers. Now is the perfect chance to \u201creboot\u201d the economy and put the American worker first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As the COVID-19 outbreak spreads throughout the United States, non-essential businesses continue to close and many that remain open are reducing their staff. This trend will likely continue for some time as the number of nationwide cases continues to increase every day. There is nothing positive about millions of Americans losing their jobs for an<\/p>\n