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[QUOTE]Originally posted by glassman: [QB] most of these issues are not nearly as black and white as Fox wants to make their watchers think, they pull a few soundbites adn pretend that covers the whole story. it doesn't: [b] Border Patrol Series: Immigration & Construction Published by Communications on June 14, 2007 6:44 PM | Permalink Providing first jobs for generations of immigrants, the construction industry seeks to keep the labor stream flowing. By Anne Riley June 14, 2007 | The construction industry has been increasing its lobbying efforts related to immigration to tackle this year’s controversial reform legislation, but for homebuilders and contractors across the country, the sector’s stake in immigration is in no way a recent development. “Construction has always been the place where new immigrants to the U.S. got a foothold in the American society,” said Jenna Hamilton, assistant staff vice president of government affairs at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). “From the Irish to the Germans to the Italians to the Chinese—when they came to the U.S. as immigrant groups, they found a home in construction,” she said. Builders and contractors traditionally support Republicans, giving 70 percent of their 2006 contributions to Republican candidates. However, Democratic bill co-sponsor Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey was the No. 1 recipient of funds from construction in 2006, receiving almost $1 million. Bill advocate Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) ranked No. 6, receiving $439,000 from the industry last year, while Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), one of six legislators to ultimately bring the bill to a standstill, received $563,000.[/b] http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2007/06/border-patrol-series-immigrati-6.html it's a twisted mess. this article was about 60 days prior to the first signs of the meltdown, it goes on: [b]According to NAHB’s Hamilton, home builders estimate they will need to build 18 million new houses over the next decade to meet a rising demand, an initiative that will create almost 1 million new construction jobs. Commercial developers, too, face the growing challenge of staffing worksites when the demand for employees significantly exceeds the supply. However, despite efforts to attract American workers, the industry continues to struggle to fill vacant positions and is often forced to look abroad for workers. “The fact of the matter is, in today’s America, you don’t get a lot of parents who raise their kids and say, ‘When you grow up, we want you to be a construction worker.’ As an industry, we struggle with that image,” Hamilton said.[/b] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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