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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Alabama Illegal Alien Law Pays Off - Unemployment Down Sharply
2011-11-20
The war against AlabamaÂ’s immigration law has intensified in recent weeks, with a Justice Department lawsuit, visits by DOJ officials, and a showdown over illegal alien children who have been pulled from Alabama schools. Eric Holder sued Alabama, trying to block every aspect of its enforcement provision.

As illegals have fled the state by the tens of thousands, the jobs they took – particularly in poultry processing, building trades and transportation – are being filled once again by Alabama citizens. And the unemployment rate in the state has dropped as a result.

Alabama’s unemployment rate fell a half percentage point last month – five times more than the national average of 0.1%. And the drop is not seasonal because it is also a far larger drop than in surrounding states.

Alabama House Majority Leader Rep. Micky Hammon, (R-Decatur), said the huge drop in Marshall County showed the power of AlabamaÂ’s H.B. 56:
Hammond pointed to Marshall County, which he called “a known hotbed for illegal immigrant labor.” He said the rate there was 8.1 percent for October, down from 8.8 percent in September and 10 percent in June, when the immigration law was signed.
“When Marshall County’s unemployment rate drops almost a full 2 percent since the law was signed, it’s difficult to deny the law is having a positive effect on employment,” Hammond said in his statement.

A 2 percent drop in just five months in the county highest in illegal labor shows that Arizona-style immigration laws work.

And at a time when the Federal government has completely failed to produce any programs or policies to create jobs, laws like AlabamaÂ’s H.B. 56 are by far the best solution to removing illegal foreign workers and giving jobs back to American citizens.
Posted by:Anonymoose

#15  A 2 percent drop in just five months in the county highest in illegal labor shows that Arizona-style immigration laws work.

And Democrats ignore them, Watch as the spin in rhus ine foes Dizzy-fast
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2011-11-20 23:41  

#14  Or someone is making it up.
Posted by: gorb   2011-11-20 23:06  

#13  
Keep in mind that there is an existing temp worker visa program. It just means the workers must return home at the end of the growing/harvest season. Any shortages of farm workers mean that the farmers are not using the tools available to them.
Posted by: tipover   2011-11-20 22:34  

#12  It's liberals who can't imagine themselves soiling their lily white skin with such menial labor and projecting their thinking onto everyone around them. Because of course nobody in their right mind could think differently. So they import unregistered voters poor disadvantaged humans from Mexico because it makes them feel better about their inordinate wealth when they share other people's potential wages with them.
Posted by: gorb   2011-11-20 22:01  

#11  The idea that there are jobs which Americans won't do was always a lie.

Mike Rowe has documented those Americans doing Dirty Jobs for years.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2011-11-20 21:28  

#10  "The idea that there are jobs which Americans won't do was always a lie."

True dat, Iblis. What they really mean is there are jobs lazy slobs the DemoncRat base don't wanna do because they require actual work, getting up early in the morning, and missing daytime TV.
Posted by: Barbara   2011-11-20 21:14  

#9  The idea that there are jobs which Americans won't do was always a lie.
Posted by: Iblis   2011-11-20 19:27  

#8  Tomatoes are already imported from Mexico [check the stickers on your WallyMarts produce] thanks to NAFTA. What's the problem with producing them where the labor is rather than import the labor? Then you don't carry the subsidy that some domestic farmers get via various health and human services of the state by shifting the costs on to the taxpayers.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2011-11-20 18:48  

#7   Farmers do not have a constitutional right.... I agree. All this agricultural aggravation is just being used by whatever forces are behind illegal immigration. Remember there was once a time in America where only the local population was available for work like picking tomatoes - illegals could not afford the necessary travel. The work either got done, or it didn't.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2011-11-20 18:36  

#6  Pay more to pick tomatoes. Farmers do not have a constitutional right to hire illegals at ultra cheap wages just so the produce can get to market.
Posted by: Steve White   2011-11-20 18:24  

#5  How does your statement connect to Alabama's situation?

It's an F3 macro comment (F5 is for articles on taxes, F9 for articles on drugs)
Posted by: Pappy   2011-11-20 17:37  

#4  Do this Google search for blowback from those opposing the law: tomatoes (sob) are rotting in Alabama fields because illegals won't pick them any more, etc. etc. SSDD.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2011-11-20 16:21  

#3   So the DOJ is harassing the state of Alabama to force more illegals on them, while Eric 'Place' Holder continues to protect all the Vampire Squids, who were key to forcing Alabama's Jefferson County into bankruptcy just a few weeks ago. Nice.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2011-11-20 16:18  

#2  bet you it was skipping the income taxes Nothing about this was mentioned in the source article. How does your statement connect to Alabama's situation?
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2011-11-20 16:01  

#1  bet you it was skipping the income taxes. i.e. government harming American competitiveness.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2011-11-20 13:39  

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