I found this interesting in general, but specifically because Anderson is my mom's hometown, also close to where I went to college and close to my husband's hometown! This is in South Carolina.
Protest at Anderson fire station construction site enters second day
ANDERSON — Civil unrest escalated Thursday while protesters stood outside the Anderson construction site of a city fire station and said the workers on the project were not documented as legal United States residents.
Chad Summerall, the owner of Summerall Masonry Inc. in Anderson, organized the protest on Simpson Road and asked a half-dozen people to hold up signs. He is frustrated because he thinks companies have been relying on illegal immigrants to push bids so low his company cannot compete.
Officials for the fire station project have said that the workers are documented as legal residents.
Summerall said that two truckloads of Hispanics drove by protesters on Thursday and angrily asked the protesters to meet them down the street.
He also said that a plumber working on the fire station site told the protesters to “go to McDonald’s and get a job.”
“I will be out here until I get a job,” Summerall said.
More than 40 residents have also signed a petition from protesters stating they were concerned about social justice and the hiring of legal workers. The petition will eventually be presented to city of Anderson officials, Summerall said.
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I think as economic times get tougher and people find it harder to get jobs and get contracts, there is going to be much less tolerance of companies that cut costs by hiring illegals.
---Katie
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