There is a whole new area of Mexican run businesses in that area of Oakland, where that area used to be..5-15 yrs ago, just another average area of Oakland.
I've never seen so many Mexicans looking for jobs, and on the photos here these are probably undocumented workers. I got concerned because given the High unemployment rates of native youth in Oakland, Should these people be allowed to come here to do this. What about the youth in our own city, will they be able to find jobs with all this going on? After all a high School (No Child left behind) is just a block or two away.
These pictures don't do Justice
All up and down the block.
The Fate of us all in this city?
Are these people ready to go to Mexico for work?
Not that I don't like Mexicans, I'm more for building bridges rather than destroying them. but isn't this some kind of referendum of the Immigration problem in the U.S. When all these people can come here undocumented and take jobs away from citizens and people who do live here. Aren't there any laws against this? Some people will say, "Well there doing jobs ,no one else will want to do." With the high rates of youth un-employment,and crime, should undocumented workers be allow to canvass for jobs on our streets?
This is the United States of of America right. maybe Someone should ask this question to Ignacio Del Fuente, in District 5 in Oakland,Ca, where this is going on. He's the City councilmember where this is going on
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Very interesting and controversial topic. Just wanted to ask if the jobs that they are standing around for are jobs that the the youth would work for as well? Do you know what jobs it is that they do? Is it something they can do steadily, a job that a youth could hold and sustain or is it day-labor? I found your blog interesting. Keep it up!
I remember in California when the State used to have a "Day Labor" force, an offshoot of the Employment Development Department of the State of California. The E.D.D was the "Unemployment office". They had a place you could go to get temp work for a day or more, but it was Temp work.. The State closed down the E.D.D Years and years ago. With that ended the day labor thing they had going. I remember the faces who would show up at the Day labor thing. I see one or two of those guys sleeping out in the streets, they may have even been Veterans.
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