The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and special interest groups have launched a lobbying campaign to demand more legal immigration to the U.S. so business has a constant flow of cheaper foreign workers to hire for American jobs.
in wealth away from working- and middle-class Americans to the nation’s top earners. It also tilts the economy in favor of employers rather than employees.
Republican voters, in particular, want less legal immigration; they view the issue as one centered around labor policy.found that a majority — 54 percent — of GOP voters said they want legal immigration levels cut at least in half. Meanwhile, almost half of swing voters said they would like to see legal immigration levels reduced by at least a quarter.
The “2025 Mandate for Leadership” blueprint calls for the elimination of the H-2B and H-2A visa programs, both of which outsource blue-collar American jobs to foreign workers, and urges Republican presidential candidates to throw their support behind “Hire American” rules. “Congress should mandate that all new federal contracts require at least 70 percent of the contractor’s employees to be U.S. citizens, with the percentage increasing to at least 95 percent over a 10-year period,” the blueprint states.late last year to promote an amnesty for illegal aliens, but the initiative ultimately failed to gain steam.
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