{"id":1204441,"date":"2022-01-10T11:34:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T16:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1204441"},"modified":"2022-01-10T11:34:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T16:34:35","slug":"former-steel-town-seeks-afghan-workers-to-replace-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-steel-town-seeks-afghan-workers-to-replace-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Steel Town Seeks Afghan Workers to Replace Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-steel-town-seeks-afghan-workers-to-replace-americans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1204441&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Business owners and Democrats in Johnstown, Pa., want to fill jobs with imported Afghan workers instead of hiring their American neighbors in the town once home to the Bethlehem Steel Corporation.<\/p>\n<p>Marie Mock, a Democrat who is the deputy mayor on the Democrat-run city council, justified the planned replacement in a Facebook post, according to a January 7 <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/elected-officials-why-werent-included-124700974.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> in the local newspaper, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribdem.com\/site\/about-us.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Tribune-Democrat<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The reason I was told this is even being explored is that there is a lack of workers to fill jobs. I\u2019m not just talking about service industry jobs, but good-paying jobs \u2026 some are union jobs, too. Look around and ask business owners. It\u2019s all over the news, too. Help wanted signs are posted everywhere. The comment I hear is that people don\u2019t want to work, and I agree.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n[\u2026] I\u2019m going to say this, and if you want to jump down my throat, go ahead \u2026 but our own citizens aren\u2019t ambitious enough to get off their a$$es and get a job and suport (sic) themselves and their families. Face it, we\u2019re turning into a lazy country waiting for the next handout. So why not open it up to folks that want to work at any job, and will do it gladly? The folks they\u2019re looking to relocate are skilled. Just stop with the stereotype of Middle Easterners.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mock did not return calls.<\/p>\n<p>The plan is very unpopular in the town where there <a href=\"https:\/\/jwfi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are few<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">good jobs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the city\u2019s jobs disappeared when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaha.org\/attractions\/heritage-discovery-center\/johnstown-history\/history-steel-johnstown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">steel plant was gradually closed<\/a>&nbsp;starting in 1973. Also, the town gets little investment because the federal government\u2019s free trade policies reward job-creating investment in cheaper, foreign countries. And the federal government further deters investment by providing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/13\/zuckerbergs-data-says-amnesty-gives-economic-windfall-coastal-democratic-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wealthy coastal investors<\/a>&nbsp;with roughly one million new migrants each year in the investors\u2019 familiar home states of California, New York, Florida, Texas, and other coastal states. Local retailers have also lost jobs to online sales.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19427874\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1336561146.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19427874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1336561146-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>An evacuated man from Afghanistan sits in a temporary check-in hall and waits for a plane that will take him to Dallas in the United States at Ramstein Air Base on August 26, 2021 in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany. (Andreas Rentz\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cCity residents do not benefit in any way,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribdem.com\/news\/polarizing-figure-johnstown-s-john-debartola-who-didn-t-speak-for-7-years-now-a\/article_5b6ed91e-5725-11e8-b0b8-df3e14506e6c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local activist<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/posts?q=marie%20mock%20johnstown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John DeBartola<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox8tv.com\/newspost\/community-speaks-out-on-afghan-refugees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">responded<\/a>&nbsp;to the Fox8TV.com station after the <a href=\"https:\/\/cambriaplanning.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/12\/november-2021-minutes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">draft plan was revealed<\/a>.&nbsp;\u201cWhen will those in power help the city residents who are struggling?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>State Rep Frank Burns (D-72) spoke up for the locals \u2014 and even mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pahouse.com\/Burns\/InTheNews\/NewsRelease\/?id=122281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wages<\/a>&nbsp;in a statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I believe the best way to grow Cambria County\u2019s population and skilled workforce is through job creation, job training and fair wages \u2014 not by relocating refugees from Afghanistan as is being explored by Johnstown\u2019s Vision Together 2025. It\u2019s time to pump the brakes on this plan and give the public a chance to voice their concerns \u2014 this is America after all.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He told the <em>Tribune-Democrat<\/em> that locals are \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/elected-officials-why-werent-included-124700974.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adamantly opposed \u2026 [and] angry<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The district\u2019s representative in the House, Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.), dodged the issue of jobs and wages in his interview with the Fox outlet:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden administration has washed their hands of this and so it falls on the state or perhaps on the local level,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cThat\u2019s a heck of a responsibility to be dumped on the state or local government.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The only Republican on the city council, <a href=\"https:\/\/cityofjohnstownpa.net\/administration-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles Amone<\/a>, \u201ccould not immediately schedule a conversation,\u201d the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>But Jack Kulbach, Cambria County Republican committee chairwoman, spoke up for the residents. She told Fox the local \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.niche.com\/k12\/search\/best-public-schools\/t\/johnstown-cambria-pa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">schools are struggling<\/a> with the people they have now, our hospitals are overwhelmed, our social services that these people are requiring are county just can\u2019t handle more.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Afghan migrants have been accused of filming sex acts with minor girls in Sweden and using the videos to blackmail their victims. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RhTD72WW4Y\">https:\/\/t.co\/RhTD72WW4Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1350655437855744000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The proposal to bring in the Afghans, who would serve as grateful workers, as taxpayer-aided customers, and as renters for local businesses, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/12\/18\/refugee-advocates-keep-americans-in-the-dark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quietly suggested<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnstownvision.com\/our-staff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by the staff<\/a> for the town\u2019s development agency, Vision Together 2025. Fox reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>President and CEO Mike Tedesco told us that an exploratory committee has been formed to, \u201cdiscuss the possibility of attracting skilled immigrants to once again fill our many open positions throughout the region, grow local business, invest in our housing, invest in our neighborhoods, and grow our tax base.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Todesco said that because there are, \u201cmany skilled and patriotic immigrants that have fought alongside American soldiers, supported the American Dream and wish to pursue that dream for themselves,\u201d the area can benefit from having them here to fill needs the city and region have.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Vision 2025 Together group is run by local employers and investors, but it does include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnstownvision.com\/about\/board-members\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several local politicians<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nationwide, many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/09\/19\/more-gop-governors-back-bidens-plan-resettle-95k-afghans-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GOP and Democratic politicians<\/a>&nbsp;use similar language \u2014 \u201cskilled and patriotic\u201d \u2014 as Tedesco when they are urging President Biden to deliver more compliant Afghan consumers and workers to their states. This chorus is boosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tag\/volag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advocacy groups<\/a>&nbsp;and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2019\/05\/15\/new-york-times-touts-investors-campaign-for-more-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investor groups<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Tedesco elaborated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribdem.com\/news\/mike-tedesco-in-past-johnstowns-jobs-filled-by-immigrants-why-not-now\/article_aa56aed0-6fd1-11ec-8228-cff86ab26c56.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 8 article<\/a> in the <em>Tribune-Democrat<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We have over 1,000 open positions from all sectors, skilled to unskilled, and not enough people to fill them. Locally, courtesy of many partners, we have established workforce development and training programs already in place for those who wish to pursue them.<\/p>\n<p>Local businesses are struggling to grow due to a labor shortage, not due to lack of business. Our challenge is not bringing new jobs to the region or establishing new workforce training initiatives. The jobs are here, but there\u2019s not enough locals to fill them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cGrowing our population translates to business growth, reduced blight, housing appreciation and growing our tax base. All good things,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mike-tedesco-8882b34a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tedesco<\/a>, whose article did not discuss whether the extra workers would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/09\/18\/white-house-amnesty-cuts-wages-but-not-for-the-longer-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">minimize pressure to raise local wages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Around 95,000 Afghan refugees could be settled around the U.S., including in Ohio, following President Joe Biden\u2019s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aezb00rmsI\">https:\/\/t.co\/aezb00rmsI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1436896050611118089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The unfilled jobs touted by business owners don\u2019t pay enough, GOP chairwoman Kulbach told Fox: \u201cYou look around and there are a lot of help-wanted signs out but these jobs aren\u2019t family-sustaining.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Local business owners want the extra consumers, renters, and workers, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/wjactv.com\/news\/local\/johnstown-group-clarifies-plan-to-bring-vetted-immigrants-not-afghan-refugees-to-area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 8 report<\/a> in WJACTV.com.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Taylor Clark, the Co-Owner of Coney Island along Clinton Street, said that\u2019s been the case for his establishment. \u201cIn six months this year, we went from 27 employees, to twelve, now down to eight. Our current employees are working split shifts and double shifts just to keep it going,\u201d he told 6 News.<\/p>\n[\u2026]\n<p>\u201cIf there could be help from people interested in working, of course I\u2019d give it a shot and give them the chance I would give anybody else,\u201d Clark said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The editor of the local newspaper said imported Afghans would help local business as he told his subscribers to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribdem.com\/news\/editorial-good-idea-gets-blown-up-and-twisted-into-an-unnecessary-controversy\/article_59831496-6fcf-11ec-9353-5bfe219139ac.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just. Calm. Down<\/a>\u201c:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Everybody needs to take a break from the social media rants and the political rhetoric and try to see what is being suggested. And also what is not.<\/p>\n<p>Then we just might be able to have a mature conversation about the merits of the idea \u2013 which, as we understand things, is to explore the possibility of bringing in some talented individuals who originated in another country, where they just happened to be in considerable danger, to help fill some jobs that are not being taken by people already here, a situation that is causing financial hardship for local businesses.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats rolled out the Cold War-era \u201cNation of Immigrants\u201d narrative. \u201cAmerica and Cambria County were built by immigrants.\u201d&nbsp;Cambria County President Commissioner Tom Cherninsky, D-Cambria, who was in that planning commission meeting said that while county government is not involved in the recruiting, \u201cAmerica and Cambria County were built by immigrants \u2026 If any of the refugees want to work, contribute to our economy, and be law-abiding residents they should have the opportunity to build a new life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Almost 40 percent of the city is poor.&nbsp;The average income in the city was under $17,000 from 2015 to 2019, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/quickfacts\/johnstowncitypennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the census bureau<\/a>. The average value of the owner-occupied housing was less than $40,000. Fewer than half of people older than 15 were working.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pentagon officials said up to 22,000 Afghans \u2014 those applying for Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) and the newly-created P-2 visa \u2014 would arrive at Fort Lee in Virginia, Fort Bliss in Texas, and Fort McCoy in Wisconsin. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vDWst0tZ2K\">https:\/\/t.co\/vDWst0tZ2K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1429417083805241350?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>City officials are already inflating the local population by using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox8tv.com\/newspost\/community-speaks-out-on-afghan-refugees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Section 8 housing vouchers<\/a> to bring in poor Americans from Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>Drugs are a deadly problem, and they also make hiring more difficult for local businesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCambria County, where Johnstown is located, has logged 68 deaths due to drug overdoses since 2012,\u201d according to a November 2021 report in the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.penncapital-star.com\/blog\/in-johnstown-pa-officials-look-to-stem-tide-of-overdoses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> PemCapital-Star. com<\/a>. \u201cIt is estimated that there are 4,361 people with drug use disorder in Cambria County,\u201d the report added. In December 2016, the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/eb9d904e19924f97a0ef855f8c0ab7f9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-44 Component-p-0-2-35\">JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) \u2014 An infant died in her bassinet of dehydration and starvation three or four days after her parents died, also at home, from suspected drug overdoses, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-44 Component-p-0-2-35\">Jason Chambers, 27, Chelsea Cardaro, 19, and 5-month-old Summer Chambers were found dead Thursday in Kernville, about 60 miles east of Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-44 Component-p-0-2-35\">Cambria County coroner Jeffrey Lees said that the parents had been dead for about a week when the discovery was made.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Many business groups hope to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/02\/11\/no-americans-wanted-rural-employers-seek-more-visa-workers-from-amnesty-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">replace Americans<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oYGlHqnYC0w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drug-damaged communities<\/a> with poor migrants.<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s last major flood, known as the Johnstown Flood, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johnstown_Flood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed 2,209 locals<\/a>&nbsp;in 1889.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19428042\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-3202871.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19428042\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-3202871-1024x751-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"726\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>1942: Full-length image of steel mill workers passing an advertisement for World War II defense bonds while walking to work in the morning at the&nbsp;Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Pennsylvania. (Hulton Archive\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Many&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tag\/immigration-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polls show<\/a>&nbsp;that Americans want to like immigrants and immigration. But the&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/duckduckgo.com\/?q=site%3Abreitbart.com+neil+munro+lankford+Immigration&amp;atb=v302-1__&amp;ia=web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">bipartisan<\/a>&nbsp;federal government has exploited that openness since 1990 to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tag\/extraction-migration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extract tens of millions of migrants<\/a>&nbsp;from poor countries&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/20\/census-biden-drives-up-foreign-born-population-across-swing-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to boost U.S. businesses<\/a>&nbsp;as workers, consumers, and renters.<\/p>\n<p>That&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2021\/12\/20\/washington-post-low-wage-employers-struggle-after-cheap-labor-bubble\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">economic strategy<\/a>&nbsp;is harmful to ordinary Americans: It cuts their&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2021\/03\/12\/bloomberg-opts-h1bs-take-two-three-new-tech-jobs-each-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">career<\/a>&nbsp;opportunities and their&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/04\/08\/elite-academics-hide-amnesty-wage-pain-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wages<\/a>&nbsp;while it also raises their&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/06\/16\/new-yorks-mayoral-rivals-vow-cheap-housing-plus-more-migrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">housing costs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The strategy also curbs Americans\u2019&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2020\/07\/11\/president-trump-wins-big-on-secret-meatpacking-robots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">productivity<\/a>, shrinks their political&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com+%22john+binder%22+%22demographic+change%22&amp;rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS946US946&amp;oq=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com+%22john+binder%22+%22demographic+change%22&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i58.10228j0j4&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">clout<\/a>, widens&nbsp;regional wealth&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/13\/zuckerbergs-data-says-amnesty-gives-economic-windfall-coastal-democratic-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gaps<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/01\/survey-elite-imposed-migration-is-transforming-national-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">radicalizes<\/a>&nbsp;their democratic, compromise-promoting civic&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/search\/?s=%22white+supremacy%22#gsc.tab=0&amp;gsc.q=%22white%20supremacy%22&amp;gsc.page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">culture<\/a>, and allows elites to ignore&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diseases_of_despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">despairing Americans<\/a>&nbsp;at the&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JorgeAl49986803\/status\/1439791277571145737?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">bottom of society<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/03\/30\/harvard-harris-poll-5-in-6-americans-want-to-end-immigration-from-mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wide<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2021\/01\/14\/poll-americans-want-companies-hire-americans-before-migrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">variety<\/a>&nbsp;of little-publicized&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/04\/13\/ipsos-poll-nearly-8-in-10-americans-want-immigration-moratorium-for-u-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polls<\/a>&nbsp;do&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/08\/05\/poll-swing-voters-hugely-oppose-2020-democrats-promising-more-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">show<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2020\/04\/24\/poll-trumps-opponents-applaud-his-jobs-for-americans-immigration-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deep<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2017\/01\/31\/poll-shows-public-support-trump-migration-poicy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">broad<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2020\/05\/28\/business-poll-backfires-shows-public-wants-less-migration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposition<\/a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/11\/16\/exit-polls-3-in-4-voters-want-less-immigration-during-and-after-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">labor migration<\/a>&nbsp;and the inflow of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2020\/08\/06\/ipsos-poll-public-opposes-migrant-workers-by-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">temporary<\/a>&nbsp;contract workers&nbsp;into jobs sought by young U.S. graduates.<\/p>\n<p>This&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2021\/03\/05\/survey-americans-underestimate-quiet-public-opposition-to-legal-migration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposition<\/a>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2021\/12\/16\/pro-migration-groups-accelerate-hate-campaign-against-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">growing<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/12\/10\/only-41-percent-voters-trust-republicans-immigration-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-establishment<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2020\/04\/29\/washington-post-poll-hispanics-are-the-strongest-opponents-of-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multiracial<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2020\/07\/11\/poll-suburban-women-strongly-back-donald-trumps-migration-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cross-sex<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/09\/24\/survey-hispanic-americans-most-opposed-to-illegal-immigration-defunding-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">non-racist<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2018\/04\/27\/study-black-working-class-opposes-mass-migration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">class-based<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/02\/22\/poll-democrat-sex-split-visa-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bipartisan<\/a>,&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USTechWorkers\/status\/1377363222005575680?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rational<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2021\/05\/11\/harvard-poll-swing-voters-want-biden-to-embrace-trumps-border-goals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">persistent<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/01\/22\/rasmussen-poll-liberals-and-wealthy-welcome-caravan-migrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recognizes<\/a>&nbsp;the solidarity that Americans owe to each other.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business owners and Democrats in Johnstown, Pa., want to fill jobs with imported Afghan workers instead of hiring their American neighbors in the town once home to the Bethlehem Steel 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