By Gayle Kesselman at ADMC

Check out the photo below — of a sign put up in Wall, New Jersey by Local 400 of the electrical workers union. It is becoming obvious that the argument that illegals do jobs that Americans won’t do is just so much baloney. Americans want to work and they are getting fed up with the unfair competition coming across our southern border.

11 MILLION ILLEGALS
TAKE OUR JOBS
GET FREE HEALTHCARE
FREE EDUCATION
FREE FOODSTAMPS

The IBEW at the bottom of the sign refers to the International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers. The union opposes the immigration bill S. 1348 currently before the Senate:

“This bill cannot be fixed with amendments,” said IBEW International President Edwin D. Hill. “It attempts to solve the complex immigration issue in one fell swoop and would do immeasurable damage to the wages and living standards of millions of working Americans. The bill is also a slap in the face of those who have legally pursued a path to citizenship.”

The IBEW’s opposition centers around, but is not limited to, a provision that would create a massive new guest worker program in the United States. Working in conjunction with the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, the IBEW has argued that construction is an industry where employers have already sought to undercut pay, benefits, safety and skill levels through the use of illegally imported labor.

“This bill is the mirror image of NAFTA and the other one-sided trade deals that our so-called leaders have dumped on American workers,” said President Hill. “The trade deals sent U.S. jobs overseas; instead, the guest worker program seeks to bring migrant workers into this country who are willing to work for less and afraid to speak up for their rights. The result will be an exploitation of all workers, immigrant and native-born alike.”

Gayle Kesselman, a physician, is co-chairperson of the New Jersey Citizens for Immigration Control.