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COLBERT: COME ON AMERICANS, TAKE OUR FARMWORKER JOBS

By Greg Siskind

Leave it to comedian Stephen Colbert to send home the point that comprehensive immigration reform - particularly plans to legalize millions of farm workers - will not result in Americans losing jobs. From the AP:In a tongue-in-cheek call for immigration reform, farm workers are teaming up with comedian Stephen Colbert to challenge unemployed Americans: Come on, take our jobs. Farm workers are tired of being blamed by politicians and anti-immigrant activists for taking work that should go to Americans and dragging down the economy, said Arturo Rodriguez, the president of the United Farm Workers of America. So the group is...

Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on July 04, 2010 (boomark / email).