Memorial Day TV Ad Asks Why President Obama Is Admitting Millions of Immigrant Workers When 1 In 3 Young Veterans Is Jobless

Unemployment For Young African American Vets Topped 40% in 2011      

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) has launched a national TV campaign calling attention to the fact that despite high veteran unemployment, President Obama and Congress continue to admit almost a million new legal immigrant workers a year to take American jobs.  The ad is running throughout the Memorial holiday period as Americans reflect on the sacrifices our men and women in uniform made for the country. Networks airing the ads include military-oriented channels viewed by veterans. 

"Our young Americans fought to enforce U.S. policies in Iraq and Afghanistan. It's time President Obama fought for them by reducing mass immigration and saving jobs for these young veterans," commented Marilyn DeYoung, Chairman of the Board of Californians for Population Stabilization. 

More veterans settle in California than any other state in the country. And over the next five years, the number of veterans returning home looking for work is projected to increase exponentially, with more than one million veterans flooding the workplace. At the same time, states like California continue to experience a flood of another sort. Our government continues to admit about one million legal immigrant workers a year to take jobs. And they're taking American jobs in places like California, already devastated by the Great Recession and continuing to experience some of the highest unemployment rates in the country. 

The impact is being felt by all Americans.  However, recently returning veterans 18-24 are being disproportionately affected. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in 2011, young male veterans had an unemployment rate of 29.1%, nearly double the rate of their non-veteran counterparts.  Young African American male veterans had an even higher rate of unemployment, topping 40%.   

"Our young men and women in uniform put their lives on the line for all of us so that we may remain free.  The least we can do is make sure they're at the front of the job line when they return home," commented DeYoung.

For more, visit www.CAPSweb.org. 

SOURCE Californians for Population Stabilization