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President Bush Suspends a Law to Give More Jobs in New Orleans to Illegal Immigrants
posted Sunday, 23 October 2005
In a note for The New American entited "Reconstruction and Reconquista," William Grigg shows how the President has acted at the expense of American citizens to reward illegal immigrants by giving them jobs in New Orleans:
Immediately following Hurricane Katrina,
President Bush issued an executive order suspending the 1931
Davis-Bacon Act as it applies to reconstruction efforts in the Gulf
Coast region. This permits federal contractors in Alabama, Florida,
Louisiana, and Mississippi to pay below the prevailing wage. Of
course, the federal government has no constitutional authority to
define wages, which is why Davis-Bacon should be repealed, rather than
“suspended,” by executive action. However, the president’s order,
coupled with the immediate infusion of tens of billions of dollars in
reconstruction aid, creates a huge distortion in the labor market that
will exacerbate our nation’s problems with illegal immigration, as
low-wage labor from Mexico and Latin America is drawn into the Gulf
Coast. [read more...]
President Bush issued an executive order suspending the 1931
Davis-Bacon Act as it applies to reconstruction efforts in the Gulf
Coast region. This permits federal contractors in Alabama, Florida,
Louisiana, and Mississippi to pay below the prevailing wage. Of
course, the federal government has no constitutional authority to
define wages, which is why Davis-Bacon should be repealed, rather than
“suspended,” by executive action. However, the president’s order,
coupled with the immediate infusion of tens of billions of dollars in
reconstruction aid, creates a huge distortion in the labor market that
will exacerbate our nation’s problems with illegal immigration, as
low-wage labor from Mexico and Latin America is drawn into the Gulf
Coast. [read more...]
comments (2)
1. onlinepaid.com left...
Wednesday, 26 July 2006 3:38 am
'''job opportunity Earn $5 to $75
per survey.
2. Erasmus left...
Friday, 11 May 2007 8:54 pm :: http://slouchingtowardserfdom.blogspot.c
As long as it is illegal for the government to hire undocumented workers,
it is hard to see how paying too much for the reconstruction of New Orleans
will help anyone.