U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin, who oversees both the Customs Service and the Border Patrol, says the United States needs to undertake a “paradigm shift” in how it views the U.S.-Mexico border.
This shift, Bersin explained in a speech last Thursday at the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., would include both a “road to citizenship” for illegal aliens and understanding that the “best way” to secure the border is to allow Mexicans to work in the United States legally in the future—to create what he called “a legitimate labor market between the United States and Mexico.”
On Monday, a CBP spokesperson told CNSNews.com that what Bersin meant by this was “having a temporary worker program that is conducive to our labor needs.”
The unemployment rate in the United States was at 9.6 percent in September and has been at 9.5 percent or higher since August 2009, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
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This shift, Bersin explained in a speech last Thursday at the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., would include both a “road to citizenship” for illegal aliens and understanding that the “best way” to secure the border is to allow Mexicans to work in the United States legally in the future—to create what he called “a legitimate labor market between the United States and Mexico.”
On Monday, a CBP spokesperson told CNSNews.com that what Bersin meant by this was “having a temporary worker program that is conducive to our labor needs.”
The unemployment rate in the United States was at 9.6 percent in September and has been at 9.5 percent or higher since August 2009, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
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11 comments:
It is true. There are not enough Americans to do the labor which is needed.
We need some more people to do the labor so our Country can survive. Everyone who wants to work in America is already working. Those who are not working do not want a job.
right.
The only difference in this and NAFTA, which Democrats passed and signed by Bill CLinton, which Democrats are condenming fiercely, is they are bringing the workers / cheap labor here instead of putting them to work in their home country.
like obamas aunt who believes its good for her, bad for america, but doesnt care?
I'll take a pound of whatever Bersin is smoking. The whole group needs to get out of Washington, DC.
When you show me Americans working in the fruit groves, hotels, and lawn care companies, then I will support those who claim the illegals are taking our jobs.
12:16 if they only worked fruit groves hotels and lawn care nobody would be upset. Wait until they take your job, for less money of course. Then we'll see how much you agree with it!
12:16
If the illegals did not do that labor for so cheap, the owners would be forced to pay a fair wage for that labor. Then, Americans will do the work.
Americans are not stupid. And we don't work for peanuts. We also do not believe the owners should make an unfair return on investment at the expense of the workers.
12:34 you hit it on the head. And the dummy conservatives who DON'T own a business fail to see that they are being robbed! I'm not saying you allow unions to jack up wages to $40/ hour for lawn care, but it just seems funny that these businesses talk supply and demand, until it comes to paying more to increase the supply of laborers to meet your demand.
12:34 - Two questions for you - Do you support minimum wages and what's your political leaning?
I ask because it seems most conservatives are against that. If you don't support minimum wages, it seems that the fair wage argument doesn't hold up. The minimum wage is supposed to provide a 40-hr a week person the ability to "live" (and that's another debate for another time). If you are advocating a fair wage, and assuming one is against a minimum wage, I don't see how that would change anything.
Also, the argument about an unfair return on investment, is to me, misplaced somewhat. I think American capitalism is all about that. If there was a fair return on investment, more money would be poured into investing in the company (labor, technology, raw goods, etc), and less into CEO salaries, most of whom add little value to a company.
Perhaps Bersin should concentrate MORE on doing his job and LESS on policy decisions. He obviously is NOT doing his job (with armed Mexican gangs operating with impunity 70-100 miles INSIDE THE USA, its hard to argue that he IS doing his job).
why should americans take a job for low wages when they can get 99 weeks of unemployment and sit on their duffs? Is there common sense anymore?
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