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Illegal immigrants invent invisibility!

Thus completely confounding Harry Reid.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 14th, 2010 at 09:30 AM  | 

RESIZE: AAA

…at least, that’s probably going to be Harry Reid’s excuse today for his rather bizarre claim that illegal immigrants aren’t part of the Nevada construction industry. When a local reporter pointed out that American citizens were out of work because it’s currently easier in many ways to hire illegal immigrants, Reid replied:

“I think that any information you have in that regard is absolutely without foundation,” responded Reid.

But a Pew Hispanic Center study shows 17-percent of all construction workers are in the United States illegally. Reid says not in Nevada. “That may be some place, but it’s not here in Nevada.”

But their latest 2009 numbers show Nevada is the state with the highest percentage of “unauthorized immigrants” in the labor force.

(H/T: Jim Geraghty) Watch the video fast, before it gets taken down, too:


Reid apologists, take note: the survey is here. You will want to obsess exclusively on the detail that while the Pew report in question does say (on page iii) that 17% of construction workers nationally are illegal immigrants, and that 12.2% of the Nevadan workforce are illegal immigrants, it does not formally say that there are any illegal immigrants working in the Nevadan construction industry*. Don’t worry about the fact that it is absurd to believe that a state with one-eighth of its workforce here illegally has somehow managed to avoid having any of them in an industry notorious for hiring illegals: you’re taking Harry Reid seriously in the first place, aren’t you?

Moe Lane

PS: Sharron Angle for Senator. Because she can actually see illegal immigrants when they’re installing drywall.

*It also does not say that water in Nevada is wet, or that 2 + 2 = 4 is equally valid in Nevada as it is anywhere else.

Crossposted to Moe Lane.

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  • tngal

    We knew the money was going to illegals, now we have a rough idea of how much. We need to keep a shovel ready at all times just to move some of the bs that’s beginning to pile up. Thanks Moe for the stats.

  • msctex

    . . .if you factor in that the man is a professional liar.

    We’ve got four more months or so of this, and within those days we are going to see just how close to religious fervor the Progressives will come.

    They will do anything, say anything, and take whatever they need to accomplish their goal. Though if asked to define said goal, one would be met with the blank stare of a man or woman who believes they know something, and cannot for the life of them understand how any “good” person could not instinctively recognize the necessity of their actions.

    But they do not know what they are doing. There is no way they could.

  • joecollins

    Reid is taking a page from the Obama strategy book. When asked an uncomfortable question . . . lie. Joe Wilson nailed it when he said, so simply, “You Lie.”

  • mkozikowski

    That is the Obama cry.

    I was hasty and misspoke about <you fill in the context”

  • http://www.facebook.com/vidaestrada Veronica

    heck, yeah, I’d like to bang some nails!

    or pass you your Happy Meal or sweep, or clean toilets!

    at this juncture, there are too many of us out of work that are willing to do -whatever it takes- to keep sanity and food on the table *and*/or get ready for this coming mega-tax season where we shoulder the burden of the unemployed.

    We’re Americans. No job is beneath us — but they’re giving it to them?

    I think there is something *seriously* wrong where these legislators are willing to lose a “few votes” to keep these illegals employed.

    They are now valuing the illegal worker over the unemployed American who is a drain on the system.

  • jb13

    Illegal immigrants — er, undocumented American heroes — can be anything a Democrat says they are, and they are nothing a conservative claims they are.

    Por ejemplo:

    We say undocumented American heroes are in the country illegally. They say, Wrong. They are merely here without documents. They’re not criminals. And you are a racist.

    We say undocumented American heroes are depressing the wage rate in this country by allowing companies to pay less — and in cash, thus taking away tax revenue. They say, Wrong. They are heroes for taking jobs Americans don’t want to work anymore. And you are a racist.

    We say undocumented American heroes are a drain on social services, imperiling the future of the programs liberals believe are necessary for the proper functioning of society. They say, Wrong. They are here to work, not accept handouts. And you are a racist.

    We say undocumented American heroes help further crime syndicates in this country by acting as mules for drugs coming into this country and weapons going out. They say, Wrong. These heroes would never violate any laws. And you are a racist.

    Do you get it yet? If a Democrat says something about illegal immigrants, he doesn’t need any proof. It is the truth, because to think anything but the best about these hardworking, honest people who would never break a law ? NEVER! ? and welcome them into this country with open arms, is to merely exhibit your own racism.

    Remember that.

  • eaglewingz

    Yeh, I’ll just bet there are no ‘illegals’ in Nevada’s construction industry because Harry just thinks they’re undocumented Americans. Out of category out of mind. The same way Mohammad Imamadjihadi, Pres. (sic) of Iran claimed there were no gays in Iran. Maybe we can combine the two and say there are no illegal gay construction workers in Iran? Anyway, since Dingy Re(i)d has also said that capntrade is not in his vocabulary (and honesty and integrity are similarly lacking), Mr. Re(i)d’s statements can only be viewed as having the purpose of deceiving his voting constituency and keeping him in power. If a corporate executive had made these misleading statements about his corporation’s policies and programs, Harry and his fellow democrat socialists would want them strung up and imprisoned for their perfidy. The voters can do the same metaphorically this November, by giving all these democrats the boot at the voting booth.

  • Vegas_Rick

    You can’t get a job in residential framing in Las vegas if you’re not. The unions don’t even try to penetrate the residential markets, because the illegal labor is so cheap. This is just another example of lefties like Reid thinking we’re too stupid to know what’s really going on in our world.

  • GreyCloak

    Es importante comprender que los illegales solamente quiere que trabajar.

    It’s important that the illegals just want to work.

    Vegas generates more than a million pounds of laundry each day: sheets and towels from myriad hotels. Documented Italian-Americans wash them … has anybody checked the folks that change the sheets? … or does anyone care?

  • trp878

    “We the People” are not surprised by the Lies of Reid. “Read my Lips”, and all the others political, (promises), LIES for X number of years. Another attempt to get re re-elected by a seasoned Politician.
    “Ad absurdum” – (To the point of absurdity)
    “WE the People” say “Throw the Bums Out”
    “We the People” want leaders that have our Country at heart. Not special interests or big Corps. Another Bum needs to go. They’re all in the smoke filled back room saying it can’t happen to me. Precisely the reason they are being thrown out as they decided they knew better than “We the people”. “We the People… (KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK)
    Ad absurdum – To the point of absurdity

  • greatbasinconservative

    … or cement, or painting, or – heck, ANY construction trade other than plumbing or electrical! It’s the same in Northern Nevada.

    But Reid (along with his million$ in out-of-state campaign contributions and “free” attacks from the leftmedia) is trashing Sharron Angle 24/7 on the airwaves here. It’s going to be tougher to get rid of him than we might think!