Posted by
Chris Field on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 12:21:40 PM
The Washington Post today has an
article highlighting summertime unemployment among teenagers. The article laments the supposedly high rate of nonworking teenagers who can't get summer jobs because of increased competition in the job market.
Who is makes up the competition for these young would-be workers? In part, illegal immigrants:
Macias has plenty of company. Young adults seeking low-skill service
jobs for the summer must contend with older, laid-off workers, illegal
immigrants and college graduates who cannot find work in their fields,
as well as with cuts in federal summer jobs programs.
Now wait a minute, I thoughts illegals were "doing jobs Americans won't do."
Looks to me like illegal immgrants are not only competing with teenagers for summer employment, but are competition with "older, laid-off workders" and "college graduates who cannot find work."