Today's migrant worker: life in shadows of opulence (visa, illegal immigrants, employment)
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While he follows the sun and the money, he's not the tanned tennis pro who travels from resort to resort or the beach bum who follows his whims. Aleman is a modern migrant worker, but rather than toiling in the fields of yore, this summer he worked at Nantucket Yacht Club as a dishwasher, cleaning the silver and stemware of the high-society set.
Resorts, hotels, and restaurants far and wide have hired him - and many others - to work on their lawns or in their kitchens.
Part of an emerging underground network that functions largely by word of mouth, Aleman is a simple worker who represents a complex problem: While he seems to have it great, his labor is often difficult and his life rootless. And while he uses his pay to support a family in the United States and Honduras, he is often accused of taking jobs from locals.
"Everybody's always confused about how I got here," the 41-year-old Honduran native said as he leaned back in his chair recently at a Nantucket restaurant. "They say, 'Julian has no car, no money.' I have only connections. I got a lot of friends everywhere, a lot of connections."
I can't even say I'm surprised by any of this. If wealthy Americans wish to employ slaves then they should bear the every ounce of financial and legal responsibility. They should also be held accountable for every single crime they commit as well.
I can't even say I'm surprised by any of this. If wealthy Americans wish to employ slaves then they should bear the every ounce of financial and legal responsibility. They should also be held accountable for every single crime they commit as well.
I couldn't agree more, JDubs.
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This summer, Aleman earned $16 an hour as a dishwasher. He lived in a tiny, third-floor room on the yacht club grounds for free.
Don't tell me there aren't legal citizens willing to bust suds for $16/hr.
Don't tell me there aren't legal citizens willing to bust suds for $16/hr.
Exactly. But the problem with that is a citizen's employment would be documented. He/she would have the right to employee benefits and would have to pay taxes. Since illegal aliens aren't supposed to be here, does not want to pay taxes and receives free healthcare courtesy of the American tax payers, both the illegal and the wealthy traitors benefit equally.
Exactly. But the problem with that is a citizen's employment would be documented. He/she would have the right to employee benefits and would have to pay taxes. Since illegal aliens aren't supposed to be here, does not want to pay taxes and receives free healthcare courtesy of the American tax payers, both the illegal and the wealthy traitors benefit equally.
I'm sure it's no coincidence that the wealthy liberals have groups such as the ACLU fighting on behalf of their illegal alien slaves. I'm also willing to bet that Pelosi, Kennedy, Reid and more than a few others in congress not only employs them in vineyards and various other family ventures, but in their homes as well.
I'm sure it's no coincidence that the wealthy liberals have groups such as the ACLU fighting on behalf of their illegal alien slaves. I'm also willing to bet that Pelosi, Kennedy, Reid and more than a few others in congress not only employs them in vineyards and various other family ventures, but in their homes as well.
I certainly wouldn't bet you on that, or I'd most likely lose. They are all a bunch of traitorous slave peddlers.
I certainly wouldn't bet you on that, or I'd most likely lose. They are all a bunch of traitorous slave peddlers.
As evidenced for their all out push for amnesty at any cost. For the sake of the survival of their multitude of lucrative business ventures, I'm sure when amnesty fails AGAIN, they will institute another waive of VISA entitlements.
I'm sure it's no coincidence that the wealthy liberals have groups such as the ACLU fighting on behalf of their illegal alien slaves. I'm also willing to bet that Pelosi, Kennedy, Reid and more than a few others in congress not only employs them in vineyards and various other family ventures, but in their homes as well.
Even Mitt Romney hired illegals to do his lawn...
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Romney makes a big issue of being tough on illegal immigrants. He has pushed for a wall on the Mexican border so hard that Bill O'Reilly offered to call it the "Mitt Romney Memorial Wall."
The only problem is, Romney has hired illegal immigrants to tend his gardens for over 10 years. Three illegal immigrants interviewed by the Boston Globe said they have worked on Romney's lawn for years, that he greets them with a "Buenos dias", and that his wife was friendly and often asks how they are. Two were interviewed back in Guatemala, where they have returned. They made $8 to $9 per hour working 11 hour days. "They wanted that house to look really nice," said one worker, now back in Copado, Guatemala. "It took a long time." The other, Rene Alvarez Rosales (now in Suchitepequez, Guatemala) said it cost him about $5,000 to have a smuggler take him across the border.
I'm sure it's no coincidence that the wealthy liberals have groups such as the ACLU fighting on behalf of their illegal alien slaves. I'm also willing to bet that Pelosi, Kennedy, Reid and more than a few others in congress not only employs them in vineyards and various other family ventures, but in their homes as well.
You don't think the present Republican administration...all 8 years of it...could have done something about it? You don't think that Republicans protect illegal immigration too? This isn't about the right or the left...it's about greedy, unethical CORPORATIONS and businesses.
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