Senate panel block rules on seasonal jobs - rules that would have helped U.S. citizens get jobs

Senate Panel Blocks Rules on Seasonal Jobs
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Four Democrats on the Senate Appropriations Committee sided with Republicans on Thursday to temporarily block new rules protecting seasonal foreign workers who often perform backbreaking labor at low wages. The 19-to-11 vote would delay for one year rules designed to make it more difficult for businesses like seafood processors to exploit foreign workers and to get more Americans into seasonal jobs. Business groups object to the cost of requirements like paying transportation and visa fees for imported workers. The effort to shelve the rules was led by Senator Richard Shelby, Republican of Alabama, who also objected to a requirement that employers advertise for American workers until 21 days before work begins, and hire the qualified United States workers who apply. He said workers in the United States were likely to quit hard, dirty jobs, leaving employers without time to find foreign replacements.

If an unemployed, able bodied American refuses this sort of work, pull any government benifits they may have.
We don't need foreign workers with so many comrades out of work.

If an unemployed, able bodied American refuses this sort of work, pull any government benifits they may have.
We don't need foreign workers with so many comrades out of work.

This will never happen, of course. These able-bodied Americans are also VOTERS. That's the problem with citizenship - you can vote for welfare for yourself .