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Where does Wisconsin's Glenn Grothman stand on immigration?

Republican Glenn Grothman, who Nov. 4 cruised to an easy victory in Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District, has demonstrated by past actions, according to NumbersUSA, that he appreciates the negative impact of our federally created immigration crisis on our society, especially American workers.  Read more about Where does Wisconsin's Glenn Grothman stand on immigration?

Santorum: GOP needs to alter economic message, limit immigration

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Santorum: GOP needs to alter economic message, limit immigration
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Article author: 
Ed Tibbetts
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Quad City Times
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Thu, 10/23/2014
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Potential 2016 presidential hopeful Rick Santorum told Republicans in Davenport Thursday the party needs to better demonstrate it cares about working Americans, and one of the ways to do it is to limit legal immigrants who he says are holding down wages in the United States.

Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator and winner of the 2012 Iowa Republican caucuses, made a stop at Scott County GOP offices in Davenport to fire up activists in the final days of the midterm elections. He was joined by Republican congressional hopeful Mariannette Miller-Meeks and the GOP's candidate for treasurer, Sam Clovis.

Santorum said unskilled, low-wage immigrants are filling the new jobs in the U.S. and keeping wages down and Democrats who depend upon their votes won't do anything about it.

He said Democrats hurt middle-class Americans with more regulations and taxes but some in the GOP are too focused on keeping labor prices down for corporations by encouraging immigration.

"The object of America is not corporate profits, the object of America is individual Americans, and that's who we should be for," he said.

Republicans who have opposed illegal immigration have often said they're not opposed to legal immigration. It's a phrase Mitt Romney used a lot in 2012.

But Santorum, in a brief interview afterward, said the U.S. already has been generous to immigrants.

"I'm not talking about radical cuts in immigration, but we need to curb it back a little bit and allow the American workforce to begin to profit more from the profits that are being made," he said.

 

Boehner's mockery of GOP caucus insults jobless Americans

Last Thursday House Speaker John Boehner again demonstrated his disregard for 20 million jobless Americans by mocking members of his GOP caucus who have chosen not to jump on his illegal alien amnesty bandwagon.

Speaking to the Middletown Rotary Club, Boehner said in a whiny voice, "Here's the attitude. Ohhhh. Don't make me do this. Ohhhh. This is too hard."  The self-righteous Boehner added: "We get elected to make choices. We get elected to solve problems and it's remarkable to me how many of my colleagues just don't want to ... They'll take the path of least resistance." Read more about Boehner's mockery of GOP caucus insults jobless Americans

Republican leadership lying about protecting American jobs

GOP makes it official: Illegal aliens more worthy than jobless Americans

     The term "reaching across the aisle" has taken on new meaning as Republican leaders have eagerly joined        Democrats in putting a knife into the backs of 20 million Americans who can't find full-time employment. Read more about GOP makes it official: Illegal aliens more worthy than jobless Americans

Republicans remain clueless on immigration

A couple of news items during the past several days caught my eye and again convinced me that when it comes to the immigration issue, leaders of the Republican Party are unable to find their rear ends even while using both hands. Read more about Republicans remain clueless on immigration

House Republicans Call For 400,000 Low-Skilled Foreign Work Visas

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House Republicans Call For 400,000 Low-Skilled Foreign Work Visas
Article author: 
Trisha Marczak
Article publisher: 
Mint Press News
Article date: 
Mon, 08/06/2012
Article importance: 
Medium
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 While the House’s push for more non-skilled guest worker visas is being portrayed as an immigration-friendly move, labor unions are calling the bill out as one that sides with big business in its quest for low-wage workers.

The proposed House immigration bill calls for 400,000 new H-2B visas, which allow foreign workers to work temporarily in the U.S. in what are considered low-skilled trades. The House version doubles the number of visas called for in the Senate version, which already included a hike of annual visas to 220,000 within five years. The Senate’s version calls for a cap of 20,000 in the first year — rising to 75,000 by the fourth year before allowing the final hike.
The move for more low-waged worker visas in the House is being led by the GOP, particularly Reps. Ted Poe of Texas and Raul Labrador of Idaho, who co-sponsored legislation that seeks to increase the number of H-2B visas.
The Republican Party, typically seen as more conservative in their approach to immigration reform, is now leading the way for low-wage foreign residents to work in the country — a move that’s a boost to businesses already relying on low-wage foreign workers.
Businesses have lobbied for no cap on the number of low-wage foreign worker visas, while unions like the AFL-CIO have pressured congressional leaders to severely limit the number of guest worker visas, claiming the onslaught of foreign workers demanding less hurts American workers — not only in terms of jobs available, but ultimate compensation.
“As the global recession continues to take its toll on the American economy, this is an opportune time to re-examine the H-2B program and to evaluate whether these jobs could be filled with people already in the United States,” Center for Immigration Studies Fellow David Seminara wrote.

How Republicans can create more jobs and win over Hispanic voters

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How Republicans can create more jobs and win over Hispanic voters
Article author: 
Roy Beck
Article publisher: 
FoxNews.com
Article date: 
Thu, 12/27/2012
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Medium
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In the stampede of media advice to Republicans to pass “comprehensive immigration reform” (supposedly to win more Hispanic votes in 2016), hardly any dust has been kicked up by discussing whether more immigration would be good for Hispanic Americans themselves.

If Republicans want more Hispanic votes, they might consider pushing policies that actually help Hispanic voters get back to work and increase their incomes.

 

Comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) would do the opposite because all CIR proposals are about increasing the number of citizens of other countries who are allowed to jump into the job-application lines to compete with the 20 million Americans who want a full-time job but can't find one.  



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