A statement from Senator Jeff Sessions – a “teaparty” conservative
before there was a teaparty:
The President said he has not
heard any good reason to oppose the Senate bill. Clearly, he has not listened
to the ICE and USCIS officers warning that the bill would permanently undermine
enforcement. Here are three more reasons: the Senate bill will lower wages,
increase unemployment, and reduce per-capita GNP. All of these statements are
confirmed by the Congressional Budget Office. Under current law, we will
provide approximately 10 million grants of permanent residency (green cards)
over the next decade. Under the Senate bill, that number will triple to more
than 30 million. Further, the Senate bill would double the number of guest
workers at a time when a record 90 million Americans are outside the work
force. We need to get Americans off of unemployment, off of welfare, and back
into the labor force — but the ‘reforms’ proposed by the Senate would put even
more Americans out of work.
Many of the same CEOs demanding
that Congress increase guest workers are laying off thousands of American
workers. This is a defining moment for the House Republicans. They must
decide who they represent: certain activist CEOs lobbying Congress, or the
national interest and the millions of Americans struggling to get by in this
low job, low wage economy.
