An Alabama employment agency that sent 70 laborers and construction workers to job sites in that state in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina says the men were sent home after just two weeks on the job by employers who told them "the Mexicans had arrived" and were willing to work for less.

Linda Swope, who operates Complete Employment Services Inc. in Mobile, Ala., told The Washington Times last week that the workers -- whom she described as U.S. citizens, residents of Alabama and predominantly black -- had been "urgently requested" by contractors hired to rebuild and clear devastated areas of the state, but were told to leave three job sites when the foreign workers showed up.

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"We had been told that 270 jobs might be available, and we could have filled every one of them with men from this area, most of whom lost their jobs because of the hurricane," she said. "When we told the guys they would not be needed, they actually cried ... and we cried with them. This is a shame."

- The Washington Times, April 10, 2006

I'm not even sure what I should say about this story because, well, what more needs to be said? ILLEGAL ALIENS are stealing jobs from the poorest Americans and liberals (you know, the people who supposedly care about poor Americans) and spineless RINOS want to sit back and let them.

America IS and always will be the land of "give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses" but what about our responsibility to the tired, poor, huddled AMERICANS? What about making sure that THEY have the opportunity to succeed and thrive in their very own country?

(Now before any libs who might be reading this get ahead of themselves, notice that I said the opportunity to succeed - I'm not talking about handing out more welfare checks. I am a firm believer in the old saying, "Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.")

What kind of country have we become that we let those who disregard our laws, STEAL jobs from the neediest of Americans when they are caught in the middle of the biggest national disaster this country has ever faced? Those people screaming about how the response to Katrina was racist and why isn't more being done for those who have been affected...I really hope they read this article and make the connection. If they support open borders and ILLEGAL immigration then THEY are the ones hurting the Katrina victims the most. THEY are the ones pushing the Katrina victims down and taking away any chance victims have of helping themselves.

On a related note, just today, while I was having lunch with my uncle I found out that I have several cousins living in Britain. Why? I asked. They couldn't get their American visas approved. One of them is a doctor.

Anyway, please go read the entire article.