{"id":625,"date":"2011-09-29T16:56:46","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T20:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=625"},"modified":"2016-02-23T13:49:33","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T18:49:33","slug":"as-americans-continue-to-lose-jobs-immigration-issue-continues-to-be-ignored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2011\/09\/29\/as-americans-continue-to-lose-jobs-immigration-issue-continues-to-be-ignored\/","title":{"rendered":"As Americans Continue to Lose Jobs, Immigration Issue Continues to be Ignored"},"content":{"rendered":"

The utter incongruity of U.S. immigration and economic policies has been brought sharply into focus by the \u201cGreat Recession.\u201d Unfortunately, that doesn\u2019t mean that politicians in D.C. are working to correct the problem; but at least it makes it more difficult for them to defend policies that are manifestly detrimental to American workers. With job creation \u201clower than expected\u201d month after month and with 51.7 million Americans of working age (18 to 65) without jobs<\/a>, one would think a top priority would be immigration reform that benefits American workers. Sadly, this is one \u201cjobs initiative\u201d the American public hears little about from their elected leaders and President Obama\u2019s job creation speech to a joint session of Congress utterly failed to address any aspect of the problem.<\/p>\n

The current unemployment situation is the worst America has faced in over 30 years. But knowing that the unemployment rate is 9.1% does not really convey the magnitude of the situation. U.S. News & World Report has released \u201c15 Stunning Statistics About the Jobs Market<\/a>.\u201d Below are some of the lowlights. <\/p>\n

\u2022\tThe total number of jobs (nonfarm) held by Americans in August was 131.2 million. In January 2000, total employment was 130.8 million. That means that there are fewer 400,000 more jobs in the U.S. now than there were a decade ago, while the working-age population has grown by 28 million.<\/p>\n

\u2022\tThe number of workers currently employed as a percentage of the working-age population in August was 58%. In December 2007, it was 63%.<\/p>\n

\u2022\tThere are 11.5 million fewer job holders today than there were in 2007.<\/p>\n

\u2022\t25.4% of teenagers are unemployed.<\/p>\n

\u2022\tAccording to Gallup<\/a>, 18.5 percent of the total workforce remains underemployed.<\/p>\n

Isn\u2019t time for politicians to consider that bringing in hundreds of thousands of foreign workers every year might not be in the interest of American workers?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The utter incongruity of U.S. immigration and economic policies has been brought sharply into focus by the \u201cGreat Recession.\u201d Unfortunately, that doesn\u2019t mean that politicians in D.C. are working to correct the problem; but at least it makes it more difficult for them to defend policies that are manifestly detrimental to American workers. With job<\/p>\n

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