THE DAILY BLADE: Immigrants Take Jobs From U.S. Born Hispanics
The controversy over AZ’s anti-immigration law notwithstanding, a Pew Hispanic Center survey of 1,375 Hispanic adults finds “no increase over past years in the share of Latinos who report that they or someone they know have been targets of discrimination or have been stopped by the authorities and asked about their immigration status," The Washington Times reports:
Just 5 percent of those surveyed said they have been stopped by police and asked about their immigration status, down from 9 percent in an earlier survey. Thirty-four percent said they or a close friend or family member have experienced discrimination, which is similar to a 2009 report in which 32 percent reported discrimination.
"What this survey tells us is there are reasons to be concerned, but the idea that somehow there's a wave of discrimination against Hispanics generally is false. Hispanics tell us that's false," said Steven A. Camarota, research director at the Center for Immigration Studies, which supports stricter immigration limits. "It just shows the disservice that the National Council of La Raza [is] doing by feeding that fear, even though what Hispanics are telling us is they are not facing increased discrimination."
More evidence that Hispanics - including illegals - are not being discriminated against: They are less likely to be jobless than US-born workers, according to the Pew survey, reports Agence France-Presse:
The unemployment rate for immigrant workers fell in the first year of the recovery from 9.3 percent to 8.7 percent, while for native-born workers, it rose from just over nine percent to nearly 10 percent, the study shows. …
And "even as immigrants have managed to gain jobs in the recovery, they have experienced a sharp decline in earnings," said Pew, which analyzed Census Bureau and Department of Labor data for the report.
The median weekly earnings of foreign-born workers have fallen by 4.5 percent since last year, with Latino immigrants seeing the largest wage drop of all, at 5.8 percent.
Native-born workers' wages fell by less than one percent.
"It might be that in the search for jobs in the recovery, immigrants were more accepting of lower wages and reduced hours because many, especially unauthorized immigrants, are not eligible for unemployment benefits," the report says. …
All of the 392,000 jobs gained by the US Hispanic population went to immigrants, the report says.
The unemployment rate for foreign-born Hispanics fell from 11 percent in the second quarter of 2009 to 10.1 percent in the same period this year. Among US-born Latinos, it went up during the same period, from 12.9 percent to 14 percent.
This could explain why only 30 percent of Hispanics surveyed by Pew think illegal immigration has a positive impact on the U.S. – that’s down 20 percent from a 2007 survey.
We Fight Them Over There So We Don’t Have To Fight Them Over Here?: Part XVII
Pakistani-born Farooque Ahmed, a naturalized U.S. citizen, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Alexandria, VA, for (allegedly) “casing Washington-area subway stations in what he thought was an al-Qaida plot to bomb and kill commuters,” The Associated Press reports:
The bombing plot was a ruse conducted over the past six months, the FBI said, but 34-year-old readily handed over video of northern Virginia subway stations, suggested using rolling suitcases rather than backpacks to kill as many people as possible and offered to donate money to al-Qaida's cause overseas.
The public never was in danger because FBI agents were aware of Ahmed's activities and monitored him throughout, the agency said. And the people that Ahmed thought were al-Qaida operatives were actually individuals who worked on behalf of the government, according to a federal law enforcement official who requested anonymity to discuss details of the case.
Ahmed … is accused of attempting to provide material support to a designated terrorist organization, collecting information to assist in planning a terrorist attack on a transit facility, and attempting to provide material support to carry out multiple bombings to cause mass casualties.
Ahmed suggested the Crystal City metro stop as a target because it is used by many Pentagon workers and he "wanted to kill as many military personnel as possible," FBI agent Charles Dayoub wrote in a search warrant affidavit.
Like Taliban wannabe Abdel Hameed Shehadeh, Ahmed grew up on Staten Island, NY.
Halloween Bonus
† Jacob Sager Weinstein's blog, "Caught Dead In That," features photographs of “the weirdest, most whacked-out tombstones imaginable,” reports New York Observer’s blog, Very Short List.
† "Chocolate Wars" is the history of the British Cadbury chocolate company, owned by brothers George and Richard Cadbury, from its inception in 1824 to its acquisition by Kraft.
† October 30th is National Candy Corn Day. Goelitz Candy Company (now known as the Jelly Belly Candy Company) has been manufacturing the Halloween treat since 1900. “More than 35 million lbs. - nearly 9 billion pieces - of the kernel-shaped candy were produced last year. The Halloween season accounts for 75 percent of the annual candy corn production,” ThomasNet Industry Market Trends reports.
† This article in New York magazine is a liberal’s worst nightmare come true. † A conservative’s worst nightmare come true: Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) says some of her constituents plan to discontinue dialysis and other life-extending medical treatments so they can die by December 31st, a day before the death tax is reinstated. † Wired magazine’s collection of Zombie Trailers, including George Romero's low-budget classic, “Night of the Living Dead.”
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