{"id":24663,"date":"2021-06-22T12:21:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T16:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=24663"},"modified":"2021-06-22T12:21:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T16:21:47","slug":"essential-workers-infrastruct-bill-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/06\/22\/essential-workers-infrastruct-bill-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Infrastructure Bill Builds a Bridge to Amnesty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Are illegal aliens \u201cessential\u201d?\nBackers of the massive $6\ntrillion infrastructure package<\/a> in Congress think so, and they\u2019re\nlaying the foundation for a wide-ranging amnesty scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Citing dubious claims that 74 percent<\/a> of people illegally in this country are essential workers, Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, hyperbolically declares: \u201cThe United States government deems these immigrants essential for keeping our country running and keeping Americans alive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As FAIR<\/a> pointed out last December, illegal aliens make up barely 2 percent of the healthcare workforce in this country. But government statisticians<\/a> stretch the essential-worker ranks by defining a \u201cfrontline\u201d employee as anyone<\/em> who does not have the ability to work from home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using those generous\nparameters, a Ukrainian stripper who overstays her tourist visa to ply her\ntrade at a Hollywood nightclub could qualify as essential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The widening classification\nof essential activity has become so broad as to lose all meaning. Thus, the\npro-immigration Migration Policy Institute counts an estimated 1.4 million\nillegal aliens in the retail and food service sectors as \u201cessential.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While amnesty peddlers like Padilla contend that America\u2019s economy would grind to a halt without illegal aliens, the highest job opening rates<\/a> are in two quintessentially non-essential segments: arts\/entertainment\/recreation, including traveling carnivals (11.6 percent), and leisure\/hospitality (10.1 percent).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meantime, millions of foreign workers continue to fill the labor pool via legal channels<\/a>. Every year, 1.2 million immigrants are given green cards to permanently resettle and work here. And each year, 1.4 million more foreign nationals receive visas entitling them to take American jobs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden administration policies\nthat sharply increase both legal and illegal immigration put relentless\ndownward pressure on U.S. wages, effectively redistributing wealth from\nnative-born workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awarding amnesty to millions\nof illegal aliens \u2013 a move that encourages still more to come — is not helpful\nto American workers or this nation\u2019s economy. It certainly is not essential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are illegal aliens \u201cessential\u201d? Backers of the massive $6 trillion infrastructure package in Congress think so, and they\u2019re laying the foundation for a wide-ranging amnesty scheme. Citing dubious claims that 74 percent of people illegally in this country are essential workers, Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, hyperbolically declares: \u201cThe United States government deems these immigrants essential<\/p>\n

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