VDAWDI Vindicated-Immigration Hitting American Workers Hard - Peter Brimelow and Edwin S. Rubenstein

April 24, 2009

By Peter Brimelow and Edwin S. Rubenstein

Of particular interest: in 2008, non-Hispanic immigrants accounted for all the working age population growth. The Hispanic immigrant population was virtually unchanged. This is again consistent with reports stating that while the illegal alien invasion has slowed, those already here do not appear to be returning home en masse. [Illegal Immigrants Stay In U.S. Despite Recession, By Cam Simpson, WSJ, January 14, 2009]

The long-term prognosis for the U.S. labor force is not materially affected by the recent reversals in immigrant employment. Should immigrant and native job growth continue at the pace of 2000-2008, the immigrant share of U.S. employment will approach an incredible 50 percent by mid-century. Remember, this does include their native-born children. Pre-1965 stock Americans will be really squeezed:


VDare.com


This entry is in the following archive(s): | |

More Immigration Stories From Edwin S. Rubenstein

Immigrant Displacement of American Workers Resumes - Edwin S. Rubenstein

May 16, 2009
By Edwin S. Rubenstein Only time will tell if the economy has truly "bottomed". But for American workers, the "bottom" is increasingly a theoretical issue. The practical reality is that Americans are being beaten out of jobs by immigrant competitors....
Continue Reading

EITC: the Federal Subsidy for Illegals and Their Employers - Edwin S. Rubenstein

May 08, 2009
By Edwin S. Rubenstein Technically, only people authorized to work in the U.S. are eligible for the credit-you need a valid Social Security number. But identity theft, stolen Social Security numbers, and other scams effectively nullify the restriction. As a...
Continue Reading

VDAWDI Vindicated-Immigration Hitting American Workers Hard - Peter Brimelow and Edwin S. Rubenstein

April 24, 2009
By Peter Brimelow and Edwin S. Rubenstein Of particular interest: in 2008, non-Hispanic immigrants accounted for all the working age population growth. The Hispanic immigrant population was virtually unchanged. This is again consistent with reports stating that while the illegal...
Continue Reading

More Immigration Stories From Opinion

'Secure'?: Another New Definition from Secretary Napolitano - Janice Kephart

May 16, 2009
By Janice Kephart On Wednesday, the House Homeland Security Committee conducted a hearing on the 2010 budget priorities of the Department of Homeland Security. The budget was submitted to Congress on May 7, 2009 as part of the President's $3.5...
Continue Reading

Secure Fences Work at White House - Jon Feere

May 16, 2009
By Jon Feere Open-border advocates often claim that fences don't work. Why, then, does the White House have a secure, dual perimeter fence (both metal and 'virtual') and limited points of entry-with officials doing quick background checks at each? Answer:...
Continue Reading

Pandering by the ADL - Stephen Steinlight

May 16, 2009
By Stephen Steinlight Notwithstanding the most incontrovertible survey data - findings so solid, consistent, and devastating not even the most naïve multicultural Pollyanna can be in denial regarding the fanatical anti-Semitism pervasive among the world's 1.3 billion Muslims - the...
Continue Reading

On E.J. Dionne's 'Buying Time on Immigration' - Stephen Steinlight

May 16, 2009
By Stephen Steinlight Before giving E.J. Dionne two cheers for the quotient of candor in his Washington Post column 'Buying Time on Immigration,' plus three cheers for calling for greater decency in the immigration debate, and a well deserved rap...
Continue Reading

The Change They Seek - John Wahala

May 16, 2009
By John Wahala The gathering here in Washington, D.C., had the predictable themes: an internationalist orientation; an array of Soviet-style paraphernalia; and the relentless recitation of Cesar Chavez's dictum, "Si se puede!" After an introduction in Spanish by the Rev....
Continue Reading

More Immigration Stories From Peter Brimelow

VDAWDI Vindicated-Immigration Hitting American Workers Hard - Peter Brimelow and Edwin S. Rubenstein

April 24, 2009
By Peter Brimelow and Edwin S. Rubenstein Of particular interest: in 2008, non-Hispanic immigrants accounted for all the working age population growth. The Hispanic immigrant population was virtually unchanged. This is again consistent with reports stating that while the illegal...
Continue Reading

Immigration, Innumeracy, And The Case For Impeaching Judges - Peter Brimelow

April 04, 2009
By Peter Brimelow We don't know what will happen if this immigration influx is not stopped. But we might see for example, a new party. There's been quite a lot of speculation, among surprisingly Establishment pundits like Lyn Nofziger and...
Continue Reading