Posted by
Grace on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 1:14:49 PM
Teenagers born in America, especially in the Border States, struggle to find employment. The economy is flourishing so most are eventually able to find work if they persist, however, often the jobs that they once easily scooped up have been filled already by an army of people with suspect work papers and suspect legal status. Employers in certain areas of our great Nation are flooded everyday with requests for applications from people who barely speak English. Common sense might suggest that they question documents presented, but if they do they risk being in violation of something and facing serious legal consequences.
How many times have we heard, Americans don’t want the jobs being filled by immigrant workers. Open your eyes America, the jobs our high school kids once filled are no longer their domain. Many fast food chains in Southern California are foreign language only environments behind the counters. Good luck ordering if you are not bilingual. How many Americans in their 40’s today started out in the food service industry? I’d hazard a guess around 30% or more; well 30% or more of their kids no longer have this opportunity.
This is also happening in retail stores, in the malls, the restaurants and the local markets; which more and more opt not to hire the American kids. Where now does one expect these same kids to go to find employment? What do we, as a society loose when these same children do not get work experience in their younger years?
American teenagers need and want these jobs that are being robbed from them by the flood of illegal workers into our country. These jobs help put food on poor families tables, they help young kids from all backgrounds pay for college classes, a car, new clothes, etc. All the money these young American kids once earned stayed in America and fed the American economy. We know without argument that the money from these jobs that American kids once held, no longer solely goes into the U.S. economy, instead a significant portion of these funds flows out of the US to foreign countries.
Not hiring American teens for historically teenage jobs is a National Disgrace. Give the summer jobs back to our teens and help build a better nation from within our borders.