{"id":6024,"date":"2014-12-05T08:52:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T12:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncdata.wpengine.com\/?p=6024"},"modified":"2017-09-18T21:58:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T01:58:15","slug":"expect-obamas-amnesty-plan-to-make-americas-employment-future-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2014\/12\/05\/expect-obamas-amnesty-plan-to-make-americas-employment-future-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Expect Obama’s Amnesty Plan to Make America’s Employment Future Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"P21DerryckGreen\"On the first Friday of every month, Project 21<\/a> member Derryck Green<\/a> provides his analysis of the nation\u2019s economic stability under Barack Obama\u2019s stewardship that is done in conjunction with the release of federal unemployment figures.<\/p>\n

This time, Derryck wonders what will happen with unemployment and other facets of the economy as Obama brings illegal aliens out of the shadows and possibly onto the entitlement track.<\/p>\n

Here is December\u2019s \u201cAbout Those Jobs Numbers\u201d:<\/p>\n

Newly-released unemployment figures from the federal government are almost the same as a month ago.\u00a0 There\u2019s probably some celebration that the official jobless rate remains below six percent.\u00a0 But there are the lingering problems of the alternative and more overall measure of joblessness \u2014 the calculation that includes those seeking employment, are underemployed and who have stopped looking for a job in frustration \u2014 that is around twice the size of the rate that the mainstream media regularly reports.<\/p>\n

But get ready for the possible blindside.<\/p>\n

For November, that official unemployment rate as reported by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics is 5.8 percent<\/a> \u2014 no change since last month.\u00a0 That alternative rate, however, is a much higher 11.4 percent<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Combining this unsettling alternative rate with the workforce participation rate, and it\u2019s a one-two punch to the gut.\u00a0 Last month\u2019s workforce participation rate was 62.8 percent<\/a>, a rate that is unchanged since October and still keeps it down near a low not previously seen since the Carter Administration.<\/p>\n

Want more bad news?\u00a0 Racial minorities, particularly those considered to be among President Barack Obama\u2019s political base, continue to suffer.<\/p>\n

The overall unemployment rate for blacks is 11.1 percent<\/a>.\u00a0 That\u2019s up.\u00a0 This is bad enough, but it\u2019s even worse for black teens.<\/p>\n

As the media focused on the unfortunate death of one black teenager in Missouri, they seem to fail to notice that a lack of jobs is killing the hopes and dreams of so many others in Michael Brown\u2019s age and race demographic.\u00a0 This past November, 28.1 percent<\/a> of black teenagers were out of work \u2014 being deprived of income, training and hope.\u00a0 This was a \u00a0small decrease since the previous month.<\/p>\n

In the Hispanic community, the official unemployment rate fell to 6.6 percent<\/a> \u2014 still above the national average.\u00a0 But it begs to be asked where this rate might be going in the coming months.\u00a0 It\u2019s a question that should be on everyone\u2019s mind as Obama presses forward on his obvious quest for amnesty for our nation\u2019s illegal alien population.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a problem that will have a profound impact on the workforce, taxpayers and America\u2019s safety net for its least fortunate.<\/p>\n

\"blogsign12514\"After the mid-term elections, the President finally acted on his long-threatened intention to legalize millions of people who smuggled themselves into the United States against the law.\u00a0 Around five million of these illegal immigrants<\/a> are slated for exemption from deportation unless Congress figures out a way to successfully halt Obama\u2019s executive action<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As Obama seeks to bring these illegals \u201cout of the shadows,\u201d<\/a> at what point will jobless statistics begin to reflect this new influx into the official American employment equation?\u00a0 Obama and his advisors had to know that the unemployment rate would necessarily skyrocket upon the opening of his road to amnesty.<\/p>\n

And a rise in unemployment generally as well as decreased job prospects for American citizens and legal immigrants in particular, in an already tough job market, is likely only going to be the beginning.\u00a0 Consider the possible cascade of new economic problems that undoubtedly lie ahead because Obama chose to go it alone on the illegal immigration issue and \u201cgo big\u201d in the process:<\/p>\n