our economy depends on illegal aliens?

"The rise in illegal border-crossing by Mexican 'wetbacks' to a current rate of more than 1,000,000 cases a year has been accompanied by a curious relaxation in ethical standards extending all the way from the farmer-exploiters of this contraband labor to the highest levels of the Federal Government."- Dwight Eisenhower.

Little Rock, AR – June 20 2007- KeepArkansasLegal would like to disprove one of the biggest lies being repeated by illegal alien supporters; that our economy depends on illegal aliens. On June 20 2007, Farm Lobby groups in Arkansas announced support for the pending comprehensive immigration reform legislation (now S1639) currently in the US Senate. These groups along with some in the media have portrayed an image that some industries would cease to exist without millions of uneducated fraudulently documented criminals who could be thieves, rapist, murderers or even terrorist.

The idea that America needs an exploitation system to be successful has been argued before. Many of our Founding Fathers wanted to end slavery when they created this country, but delegates from the South argued that ending slavery would destroy the economy. Early in the 19th century, as the Abolitionist Movement gained strength, pro-slavery politicians used the term "peculiar institution" to describe slavery. They also created The Slave Power a pro-slavery lobby group. The effort to maintain slavery was so successful, that it took the deaths of thousands of Americans in The Civil War to end it.

Then there was practice of Child Labor, which was very popular among mining, agricultural, and oddly enough the newspaper industry. The infamous Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst used underpaid homeless boys called “newsies” to sell papers. The media moguls were forced to reform their exploitation system after the Newsboys Strike of 1899. Perhaps this is the reason why the New York Times and other newspapers cheerlead for another exploitation system, illegal immigration. Federal regulation of child labor was achieved in Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938.

In 1954, Dwight Eisenhower began Operation Wetback. Some 750 agents targeted agricultural areas with a goal of 1000 apprehensions of illegal aliens a day. By the end of July, over 50,000 aliens were caught in the two states. Around 488,000 people fled the country for fear of being apprehended. Operation Wetback deported around 80,000 Mexican nationals in the space of almost a year, local INS officials estimated that an additional 500,000-700,000 had fled to Mexico before the campaign began.

Despite the ending of slavery, child labor, and a massive reduction in illegal immigration, America was able to become the greatest agricultural and industrial nation in the world. Today, Tyson Foods, Cargill, Swiftco, Greene Poultry, and a few other multi-millionaire companies are trying to create for themselves an exploitation system that destroys the middle class and creates a culture of corruption similar to that of the Third World. For my state of Arkansas, they fund groups like The Poultry Federation and The AR Farm Bureau. Stanley Reed, President of the AR Farm Bureau recently stated, “If legislation fails to take into account the unique needs of agriculture – which includes our increased dependence on immigrant labor (peculiar institution?), our vulnerability to competitively priced, foreign-grown produce and our inability to pass along cost increases – we will all watch as Congress literally takes billions of dollars out of the pockets of farmers and sends it to our competitors overseas”. Tyson Foods, one of the AR companies that is “dependent on immigrant labor”, paid their CEO Richard L. Bond $1.14 million in salary according to yahoo finance. Cry me a river!

According to the Dept. of Labor, illegal aliens are 4.4% of the U.S. workforce, meaning legal workers are doing over 95% of the jobs illegals aren’t doing. Illegal aliens are not the “backbone” of the U.S. economy yet, but many want them to be. We do not want the American People to be fooled again.

http://www.arfb.com/news/press_releases/2007/061807.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_power http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_labor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wetback http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=TSN

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