The mortgage crisis and ensuing economic slump have slashed jobs in construction, tourism and other sectors that are the mainstay for low-skilled Latin Americans. Immigrants already in the U.S. are struggling, and word of their hardship is dissuading those back home from flocking to the U.S.
"People don't want to come now; they know the economy is bad," said Braulio Gonzalez from Guatemala, who has been scraping by as a day laborer outside Los Angeles.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703882304575465742670985642.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5
Obama had to destroy the economy in order to keep out the immigrants. There must have been a better way but I suppose it was above his pay grade.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
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