Federal jobs bonanza hits Kansas City
Lewis DiuguidKansas City area residents and businesses should be high-fiving each other over President Barack Obama being re-elected.
Obama’s victory already has resulted in the announcement of 800 new jobs coming to this metropolitan community. The Kansas City Star reports that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service will add the employees to its already big workforce here.
The increase is directly tied to Obama’s action in June to allow young undocumented immigrants to stay in the United States. It followed Congress failing to pass the DREAM Act and the Republicans’ demonization of illegal immigrants.
If Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney had been elected, the 500 new jobs slated for Overland Park and the 300 for Lee’s Summit — both Republican strongholds — wouldn’t have happened. Like the Affordable Care Act, which Romney said he would abolish on Day One if elected, Obama’s action to help illegal immigrants would have evaporated.
These are people who came to the U.S. when they were less than 16 years old but not over age 30. The additional workers, who will be paid $27,431 to $41,563, will help the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service process applications, which could top more than 1 million in the first year.
The Kansas City area will benefit with the jobless rate falling and companies serving more people with buying power.
The agency already has close to 2,000 employees on the Missouri side of the metro area. Applicants can go to www.USAjobs.gov to try to get one of those good government jobs that the Republicans have tried mightily to demonize.
JR Beillenhouser
6 months, 1 week agoYou mean Obama overstepping his roll as enforcement of laws and creating something that the actual law enforcement part of the government decided not to pass. Please tell me why
And now we will hire more government workers, who get paid by us borrowing more money to pay them.
Lewis, please enroll immediately at a junior college and take a night course in economics.
These jobs are being demonized because they do not help the economy. The government does not make money, it only spends it. And the government has to borrow money to pay these people.
Mark Hastert
6 months, 1 week agoThis will inject $35,000,000 into the Kansas City economy and have a multiplier effect many times than. Hooray for us! Don’t worry, The Republicans are coming around to the Dream Act.
JR Beillenhouser
6 months, 1 week agoBe honest. You guys think that Food stamps are a stimulus also, don’t you. LOLOL
George Hunsucker
Northland
6 months, 1 week agoOnly libs view these jobs, which are being created because the President is ignoring his oath of office to uphold American law, as a plua. Libs have no bearings anymore….
My only request is you libs remember all this law breaking when the shoe is on the other foot…
What a “leader” the even bigger 0 is…..