I agree we need to stop illegal immigration and deport those whom we find. But I have mixed feelings about a total suspension of legal immigration. I think this is too broad-brush. It is a fact that we are graduating fewer American-born engineers and scientists than we need, particularly those with advanced degrees. Most of those who come here become citizens, and do not leach money from taxpayers by becoming welfare recipients. Further, engineers and scientists do not just take a job for themselves; they create jobs for others. My estimate is at least a 20:1 ratio of new jobs created for each engineer or scientist hired. I don't know if anyone has actually studied this. PS: I am a engineer myself, American-born, and I have had the pleasure to work with many foreign-born engineers and scientists.

NumbersUSA Moderator:  Thanks for your comments, Gregory. NumbersUSA advocates a suspension of all non-essential immigration. We don't advocate stopping immigration for spouses and minor children, or for true geniuses. As for other scientists and engineers: 20 percent of high-skilled immigrants in the U.S. Labor force is unemployed or working in an unskilled job; studies (herehere) finding no shortage of engineers in the U.S. and; found that the often-cited (by Sen. Kennedy, Newt
Gingrich and others) statistics that the U.S. produces 70,000 engineers
annually versus 350,000 from India and 600,000 from China are not valid. 

I would like to get some data behind the 1.5 Million Foreign Workers A Year number. Would like to use any supporting facts (aka House Bill numbers etc) that makes up the 1.5 million per year.

This would be a good letter to the editor topic. New Hampshire Shea Porter and Hodes has been insourcing American Jobs for the past two plus years.

What Change?

Obama promised change; but he's Bush II. Pushing 10,000 page Patriot Act type Bills through without reading them. Everything is imminent with Bush type politicians; get it signed before We the People and the legislatators know what it says.

There's a silver lining to the Obama rush tactic though, it shows he knows the phony economic recovery MSM reports with depression level unemployment [calculated honestly] make his Immigration Deform Bill a complete joke.

Thank God for Numbersusa, currently faxing out a petition to stop all immigration in America ASAP until depresssion level unemployment goes away [this will never occur again IMO, until America severely depopulates the unskilled/professional job search market ASAP].

Our Congressmen are beholding to ''votes'', not constituents and certainly not to quality of life issues.

Congress has guaranteed quality healthcare benefits, excellent pension plans, and all the wonderful lobbyists who wine and dine them in DC. In fact the majority of our Congressmen are MILLIONAIRES.

Congress's first action this year was to vote themselves a pay raise, while the rest of us were unemployed or had work hours cut.

Day to day we see the coverage on MSM showing our Congress in action - like ordering $550 MILLLION in new jets so they can travel the world in comfort with their spouses for free.

I'm not seeing any benefit from all the millions Congress spends going to China, France, Italy, New Zealand, Australia, Switzerland, Germany, Britain, Russia, etc. Sounds more like they are vacationing on the taxpayers dime.

I do know we need campaign finance reform, and term limits in addition to legal and illegal immigration reform.

I just don't think that Congress feels these things are in their best interest.

I absolutely agree, I have been out of work since February, and no relief in sight. The one job I was a perfect fit for (I am a Project Manager with a graduate degree, and many years of experience) I learned from the employment counselor had a code on it that told him it was going to be filled by a foreign worker, and he told me it was advertised only to meet the law. THIS WAS A NC ESC VETERANS COUNSELOR.

I am getting angerier all the time. My home is in jeapordy, my family is suffering, and I am getting nowhere very fast. Review my Linked In profile to see just who they are passing up to hire cheaper foreign labor.

Ken
http://www.linkedin.com/in/kmwallin

Excellent article and wonderful ad, Roy.

Simply stated if politicians don't support American workers, American workers will not be able to financially support them. And we will ALL be unemployed.