Speech #940077952

Of a total of 8.813 aliens recently apprehended in the Los Angeles area. 50 percent were employed in heavy industry earning $4.50 to $6.50 per hour. 20 percent were employed in light industry at $2.50 to $3.55 per hour and only 30 percent were involved in low paying nonindustrial labor. Second. Of a total of 8.747 employed illegal aliens apprehended in fllinois. 90 percent were in industry and only 10 percent in agriculture. Third. In the tristate area of Utah. Colorado. and Wyoming a recent round up of aliens revealed 39 percent employed in industry as opposed to 28 percent in agriculture. The foregoing examples point out that the presence of the illegal alien in this country is hitting us where it really hurts: in the job market. Yet. the problems caused by their presence are not limited to employment alone. Few. if any persons illegally employed pay taxes on the wages they earn and thus there is a significant loss of revenue to the United States that would be paid were legals on the job.