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March 10, 2010 AgJobs Supporters Prepared for Another Try this Year "Supporters of immigration reform [amnesty] are making another push to pass a congressional bill that would give undocumented farm workers a path to permanent residency and ultimately citizenship," the Bakersfield Californian reported. "The proposal would allow illegal immigrants who have worked in agriculture for at least two years to get a new "blue card" that would give them temporary permanent resident status if they commit to continue working in agriculture for another three years. During that time, their spouse and children would also be eligible to work in the United States, and they would be able to travel freely between the United States and their home country."
Idaho Lawmakers Won't Help American Workers "Idaho lawmakers balked Monday at sweeping immigration legislation proposed by state Sen. Mike Jorgenson, R-Hayden Lake, that sought to penalize employers who hire illegal workers and enact an array of other provisions, from penalizing "sanctuary cities" to requiring driver's license tests to be in English," the Spokesman-Review says. "'You can actually create a job immediately if a hiring decision that would have gone to an illegal alien goes to a U.S. citizen,' Kris Kobach, a University of Missouri-Kansas City law professor who drafted Jorgenson's bill, told the committee. 'So it's a way to immediately address the jobs for U.S. citizens.'"
Businesses Favor Foreign Workers Along With High Unemployment for Americans "In the eyes of our U.S. Congress, clearly, foreign workers and illegal alien workers stand first and foremost for jobs. This week, in Colorado, the legislature voted down E-Verify that would stop employers from hiring illegal aliens. Whom did they serve? Corporations and big money via hotels, restaurants, fast food, construction contractors, roofing and landscaping firms," says Frosty Woolridge.
Jobless Rate Spikes in Nevada "Pushed by seasonal layoffs that follow the Christmas season, Nevada's unemployment rate rose nearly a percent to 13.7 percent in January. Seasonally adjusted, which takes those layoffs into account, the rate remained the same as it was in December - 13 percent. But any way it's counted, it still means there are 187,700 Nevadans looking for work," the Nevada Appeal says. The Coalition for the Future American Worker (of which FAIR is a member) is running ads in Nevada now about Sen. Harry Reid's refusal to help American workers with his latest jobs bill by enforcing immigration law.
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