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- God help us.

The one sentiment that seems to keep recurring, and has even been spoken by our president, is that these illegals are "doing the work that Americans will not do..." How insulting! Look at the history of our nation, Mr. President! Exactly what job is there that Americans will not do?

The problem is not that there are jobs that Americans will not do. Illegal Aliens have been flooding our country for well over 40 years now with lax enforcement of our laws. They leave a country where our minimum wages would put them in the middle class, and as they are not legal, employers with no regard for our laws hire them at wages far below the legal minimum. This reduces the employer labor cost, and he gains an unfair advantage in the marketplace, because most of our markets are price-driven, and most consumers do not bother to investigate why one company's prices are lower than the others. Then, the employer's competitors are either forced to hire illegals to compete, or they are forced out of business because they cannot compete playing by the rules. Meanwhile, our labor force suffers, because they cannot get fair wages for the jobs they seek. And wages are only the beginning.

Do you believe for one second that a company that hires illegal aliens is providing a healthcare plan and 401 (k) to these people? Not on your life! For many companies, the cost of benefits is second only to labor costs among the major expenses employers shoulder these days. When an employer hires an illegal alien (or what liberals call "undocumented worker"), not only does that employer save on labor costs, but he does not have to provide benefits.

Let's bring this all home where we live. Think about the job you have today. What if your boss called you into his/her office tomorrow and said that you are being let go. Then, you later find out that your job was given to someone who was willing to work for 1/5 of your pay and no benefits. Would you go back and ask for your job under those conditions, or would you try to find somewhere else to work where you could maintain the standard of living you have worked so hard to build for yourself and your family? Would it be fair to say that the illegal alien your company hired was willing to do the job you weren't willing to do?

If you have been among those voicing this sentiment, STOP! It is wrong, and it is anti-American. Americans are not lazy! Americans are willing to work! The problem occurs when we allow people who are not citizens of this

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