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In reply to the discussion: Obama using immigration reform as umbrella to eliminate your skilled job via H-1Bs [View all]amandabeech
(9,893 posts)adequately to the lack of jobs for so many people who are citizens or permanent legal residents.
Occasionally, there have been periods with plenty of jobs, but most of the time it seems to be a real struggle for Americans who are looking for work.
We are now required to compete against the world for jobs here, or so it sometimes seems, while employers move jobs overseas.
We simply do not need any more competition than the competitors who are already here, and there are plenty of them.
My enthusiasm for the Democratic Party over the years has gone down as the Democrats have embraced large scale immigration, both documented and undocumented, and brought in more and more temporary visa workers no matter what the actual job situation is. The quality of life here has gone down due to the employment situation. That cannot continue indefinitely without very serious social and political consequences.