Immigration Top Issue, but Not Decisive in South Carolina GOP Primary

Posted on: January 14th, 2008
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“Blaise Tishey lays bricks for a living, and for a long time he had more work than he could handle building the high-rise condos and hotels that line the beaches.

Then, a few years ago, as the surging housing market sparked a major construction boom, his workload slackened. An influx of undocumented Hispanic immigrants willing to work for smaller paychecks made it harder for him to find jobs, he said.

“I wasn’t willing to work for wages that would have required me to move my family into a trailer with 15 other people,” he said. “*

*From: http://www.mgwashington.com
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