Something must give

At this very moment the American Senate is discussing the Immigration Bill that they voted to re-address this morning (Tue 26th). It seems that Georgy Porgy has called in a few favours and maybe promised some more in order to bring more of his fellow Republicans to support this endeavour. With Oil Wars part II: Attack of the Clowns on his permanent record as president he is racing to do something to balance that out in his final year and a half as El Jefe.

Why is this bill such a problem?

We have these palefaces running around saying that all these illegal immigrants are taking jobs away from Americans. Really? I don't see that many Americans if any lining up to pick fruit or be janitors or work in certain types of kitchens or factories. Yet there is that cry. It has been my experience that many Americans feel that certain jobs are beneath them and should only be done by certain people. They are too good to clean up after others etc yet they claim to want employment. My thing is if there are people willing to do something that you do not want to and this ensures that your society continues to run with relative smoothness then leave it alone.

However I can see the other side to this. There are certain jobs that require a certain level of skill and/or training for example construction where many contractors look for cheap uninsured labour. Exploitation of this nature is wrong and should not go on. As someone who has experienced a degree of this, desperation to have some inkling of improvement for yourself and your family will make you tolerate certain conditions. A tangent on this deals with language. If I am living or hiding in someone else;s country and trying to blend in at least make an effort to learn the language. I don't expect to go to France or Nigeria and expect them to automatically cater to my English tongue. I will at least buy a dictionary to know if they cussin me out and to respect the people who live there. But I digress.

What does this bill hold for people like myself with 1 and 3/4 degrees since it seems to be primarily concerned with Mexicans and securing the border then dealing with the 12 million people. My guess is that they trying to reclaim their former properties of Texas, California and the space in between that was stolen by the US. Remember the Alamo and the banditry that went on.

Prayerfully something good will come out of this and people like me who are stuck in the cracks and trying to do the right thing and not revert to the life of a gigalo will benefit. Otherwise ah want back all the taxes they take from my pay cheques.