butterbean
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 Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:13 pm Post subject: Meddling Mexicans Meet In TX to Talk About US Jobs |
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MIDLAND — Arid West Texas is a hard sell to many Americans who could fill its manifold job openings, but it is nirvana to people in the Mexican state of Chihuahua who seek temporary work visas.
A dozen leaders from the Chihuahuan cities of Aldama, Ojinaga and Coyame visited Midland recently and said their 20 citizens who were finishing 10-month visas at Big Dog Drilling want to return when 75 come in February to work for Big Dog and Endeavor Energy.
"They are able to save a lot of money, and they have been working freely and not hiding from anybody," said Ciudad Aldama Mayor Jesus Jose Ruiz Fernandez.
'A win-win situation'
Ciudad Ojinaga Mayor Jorge Montoya Lujan said the program "is a win-win situation because we can supply the need you have."
The mayors hope to send more than 2,000 for the Permian Basin's oil and gas, construction and restaurant industries in early 2008, including women to work at a Fort Stockton dairy.
They said applicants must have some acquaintance with English, and drug users and those with criminal records are not sent.
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