Analyst's note: "Transformation" in America is right. In addition to less jobs being given to unemployed Americans and less wages for those who do find work, Americans pay for this with our taxes as well. In fact, nearly all U.S. job growth since the year 2000 has gone to new immigrants while the number of Americans working has fallen. Thanks for a great job Congress ... not! Now we ask you, "Should America continue to add 1 million more illegal immigrants every year to compete for jobs or should the priority be for the jobs go to the Americans and legal immigrants already here who are still looking for work?" To find out what each Senator thinks about who should get the next jobs -- and to compare the immigration positions of candidates seeking to become a Senator -- click here. Please remember to vote!!!
"Prosecutorial discretion as practiced by the Obama administration has transformed immigration enforcement into a massive catch-and-release program that makes a joke of the law, fails to deter illegal settlement, and allows even illegal aliens who commit crimes to remain here,"
..... "Even more concerning, the number of at-large post-final-order convicted criminals grew by nearly 8,000 cases, while the number of detained aliens in that category shrank by nearly 1,000 cases. This means that more of the criminal aliens that ICE has been unable to remove are at large than ever before."
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CIS: Overall Immigration Enforcement Down in 2013, Impacting Job Prospects for Unemployed Americans and Wages for American Workers
Found @ NumbersUSA
The Center for Immigration Studies has issued a new report based on a recent DHS document that shows a decline in interior immigration enforcement in 2014 and, more disturbingly, that 167,000 convicted criminal aliens whose deportations have been ordered are still at-large in the U.S. The report by the Center's director of policy studies, Jessica Vaughan, found that deportations from the interior of the country are down 34% from 2013 and 58% from 2009.
The drop in enforcement leaves more illegal workers in the U.S. to compete for jobs with unemployed Americans and legal immigrants and depresses wages in the industries where they may already hold jobs.
"Prosecutorial discretion as practiced by the Obama administration has transformed immigration enforcement into a massive catch-and-release program that makes a joke of the law, fails to deter illegal settlement, and allows even illegal aliens who commit crimes to remain here," Vaughan said Wednesday.
"These policies inflict real harm on Americans and legal immigrants, in the form of lost jobs, depressed wages, additional social services, and even lost lives. In addition, with the rise of ISIS and other terrorist groups around the world, our lax policies represent an unnecessary national security risk."
Here are some of the report's other findings:
- Total deportations credited to ICE, the majority of which were illegal aliens arrested by the Border Patrol and CBP officers at the ports of entry, declined 15 percent from 2013 to 2014.
- The number of criminal aliens deported from the interior also declined 23 percent since last year, and declined by 39 percent since the peak in 2011.
- Catch and release policies continue. In 2014, deportation processing was initiated for approximately 143,000 aliens out of the 585,000 aliens encountered by ICE agents. Tens of thousands of those let go had been labeled a criminal threat.
- The number of aliens who have received a final order of removal, but who are still in the United States, has risen to nearly 900,000. Nearly 167,000 of these are convicted criminals who were released by ICE and are currently at large.
Vaughan based her findings on the DHS report, "Weekly Departures and Detentions Report (WRD)", from September 22. The most troubling aspect of the report is the 167,000 convicted criminal aliens still at-large in the United States, and Vaughan said that number may grow even larger.
"The number of 'non-departed' convicted criminal aliens grew by nearly 7,000," she wrote. "Even more concerning, the number of at-large post-final-order convicted criminals grew by nearly 8,000 cases, while the number of detained aliens in that category shrank by nearly 1,000 cases. This means that more of the criminal aliens that ICE has been unable to remove are at large than ever before."
For more on this story, see Breitbart.com. To view the full CIS report, visit their website.
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Congress Continues to Add One Million New Immigrants a Year to Compete for Jobs While Millions of American Workers Remain Unemployed and Underemployed
WASHINGTON, DC – October 15, 2014 – "Who should get the next jobs?" is the pointed theme of a seven-figure ad campaign launched today by NumbersUSA in markets across the country. The ad asks if Congress should continue adding one million new immigrants every year to compete for new jobs, or should the jobs go to the millions of American workers and legal immigrants already here who still can't find work?
The ads are scheduled to run for several weeks in Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire and North Carolina. The campaign is funded by NumbersUSA, which has a non-partisan grassroots network of more than 2 million citizens who seek a reduction in annual immigration numbers.
"We're urging every citizen to ask a very simple question of their Senators -- and of anybody who wants to be a Senator," said NumbersUSA President Roy Beck. "Who should get the next jobs? Do they think their constituents who are looking for work should have priority for jobs? Or are they committed to catering to special-interest groups and helping corporate lobbyists continue to flood the labor market with new foreign workers who, through no fault of their own, depress the wages and job prospects for workers already here?
"Polling shows that most Americans believe annual legal immigration should be reduced to improve the jobs and wages for American workers," Beck said. "But many in Congress don't agree."
The ad notes that federal data show that nearly all job growth since the year 2000 has gone to foreign-born workers. During that time, the number of Americans who have fallen completely out of the labor market has risen to historically high levels. The wages for most working-class Americans, when adjusted for inflation, are lower now than in 1979.
"Despite the dismal wage and employment reports on American workers, most Members of Congress continue to favor high immigration of workers at all skill levels," Beck said. "But polling shows the folks back home are far more interested in an immigration policy that protects America's wage-earners and their families."
Recent opinion research by The Polling Company/Woman Trend indicates Americans believe immigrants take jobs from Americans rather than create jobs and nearly 9 out of 10 believe U.S.-born workers and legal immigrants already here should get first preference for jobs.
Since 2007, special-interest groups have spent more than $1.5 billion on more than 3,000 lobbyists who have pushed passage of an immigration bill that would dramatically increase immigration. In mid-2013, the groups nearly succeeded when the US Senate passed S.744, a bill that would have doubled legal immigration over the next ten years. Many Senators who voted for S.744 have been distancing themselves from the bill recently. The bill has not been brought to the floor of the House of Representatives.
NumbersUSA.com tracks and grades every Member of Congress on actions that affect the numerical level of immigration. The website also compares the immigration positions of every candidate running for Congress.
To view the NumbersUSA TV ad on YouTube, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8DS5wtTt3M
Script of Ad
ANNCR: Finally.
The economy is starting to crank out new jobs.
But who should get those jobs?
Government data show nearly ALL job growth since 2000 has gone to new immigrant workers.
So, should Congress continue ADDING one million immigrants a year to compete for jobs?
Or should the jobs go to the millions of Americans and legal immigrants already here, still looking for work?
What do your Senators think?
Find out at numbersusa.com.
Paid for by NumbersUSA
Ad Sourcing
Jobs added but wages lag
http://online.wsj.com/articles/u-s-job-growth-rebounds-in-september-1412339557
Job growth since 2000 to immigrant workers
http://cis.org/immigrant-gains-native-losses-in-the-job-market-2000-to-2013
Government admits 1 million immigrants every year
http://www.dhs.gov/publication/yearbook-2012
Millions of Americans still unemployed
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/print.pl/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
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