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 Post subject: Reasons to pass SB213 (stats and links)
PostPosted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 12:13 pm 
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This is one of the emails I sent to our Indiana state representatives. It includes the URLs where you can verify my assertions.


Subject: Reasons to vote for SB213

I hope you will consider the following information when considering SB 213.

Passing SB 213 will improve economic opportunities for American-born minorities and legal immigrants. The Bureau of Labor Statistics pegs the unemployment rate at 16.5% for Blacks and 12.6% for Hispanics while the unemployment rate for Whites has dropped to 8.7%. [1]

Retired Catholic priest, Fr. P.J. Bascio, has written a book, “On the Immorality of Illegal Immigration.”[2] He served the church in Harlem for many years. After retiring, he returned to Harlem where he noticed that Black workers had been replaced by foreign ones. [3]

The BLS estimates there are over 15 million unemployed and discouraged workers. [4]
The Pew Research Center has estimated there were 8.3 million “undocumented” holding jobs in the USA in 2008. [5]
Indiana had over 301,000 unemployed workers in December of 2009. [6]
Pew estimates there are between 100,000 and 200,000 “unauthorized” immigrants in Indiana. [7]

Whatever the actual numbers are, I think we can agree that all available jobs must go to legal workers especially in these tough economic times. Using E-verify, as required by SB 213, takes a positive step in that direction. I hope you will support legal workers by voting for SB 213.

[1] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
[2] http://www.christiannewswire.com/index. ... seID=12646
[3] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMaNa1K8lJo
[4] http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils74.pdf (chart 1)
[5] http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=107
[6] http://www.hoosierdata.in.gov/dpage.asp ... l_number=2
[7] http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/107.pdf (see page 1, map 2)

Cheree Calabro

Valparaiso, IN 46383


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