Comments on: Why Are Is Housing Employment Down So Little? Illegal Immigrant Labor is the Story http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2007/04/18/why-are-is-housing-employment-down-so-little-illegal-immigrant-labor-is-the-story/ Real Estate Blog, Mortgage, and Development News Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:00:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Money Sent To Mexico Down As Contruction Employment Slows — The Real Estate Bloggers http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2007/04/18/why-are-is-housing-employment-down-so-little-illegal-immigrant-labor-is-the-story/comment-page-1/#comment-50318 Money Sent To Mexico Down As Contruction Employment Slows — The Real Estate Bloggers Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:46:42 +0000 http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2007/04/18/why-are-is-housing-employment-down-so-little-illegal-immigrant-labor-is-the-story/#comment-50318 [...] have covered the impact of illegal immigrant employment in the housing industry and expected this result to occur. What caught my attention was that the Wall Street Journal found [...] [...] have covered the impact of illegal immigrant employment in the housing industry and expected this result to occur. What caught my attention was that the Wall Street Journal found [...]

]]> By: Marc Brinitzer http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2007/04/18/why-are-is-housing-employment-down-so-little-illegal-immigrant-labor-is-the-story/comment-page-1/#comment-40585 Marc Brinitzer Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:51:56 +0000 http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2007/04/18/why-are-is-housing-employment-down-so-little-illegal-immigrant-labor-is-the-story/#comment-40585 That's the same thing a friend of mine--the president of a medium sized regional home builder--shared with me. When construction slows, the illegals who make up a large part of the construction crews move on to Spokane or Boise where there is work. Since they were never on the rolls, they are not filing for unemployment now. I also happened across a statistic showing an $8 billion suspense account within the Social Security system (can anyone confirm this?), attributable to the illegals who pay into the SS system under fake social security numbers. They do this despite the fact that they will never be able to claim retirement benefits. And everytime we crack down on illegals, the ag industry complains and the price of fruit and vegies rise. When are we going to drop the racist rhetoric and face the truth? They do jobs no one else will do, and they perform valuable service, sometimes with great personal sacrifice. That’s the same thing a friend of mine–the president of a medium sized regional home builder–shared with me.

When construction slows, the illegals who make up a large part of the construction crews move on to Spokane or Boise where there is work. Since they were never on the rolls, they are not filing for unemployment now.

I also happened across a statistic showing an $8 billion suspense account within the Social Security system (can anyone confirm this?), attributable to the illegals who pay into the SS system under fake social security numbers. They do this despite the fact that they will never be able to claim retirement benefits.

And everytime we crack down on illegals, the ag industry complains and the price of fruit and vegies rise. When are we going to drop the racist rhetoric and face the truth? They do jobs no one else will do, and they perform valuable service, sometimes with great personal sacrifice.

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