What is happening to their wages? I will tell you what is happening. On average. wages decreased $1.700 a year because of backdoor immigration. cheap labor through the back door while they export good jobs through the front door. Send the jobs to China and bring in cheap labor through the back doorthat is what the construct is. That is what is happening and there is no discussion about what is happening to the American worker. I understand we have an immigration problem. My feeling is you ought to address it. the first step. with securing Americas borders. When you have done that. the second step then is to thoughtfully understand what you need to do with all of those who are here illegally. But there ought not be a third step. If 11 or 12 million people who have come here illegally. if this Congress decides they are legal. why is it we need 400.000 or 200.000 of the people who live outside of our country. who are not here. to come as guest workers. above the H2A. H2B. and all the other legal mechanisms by which people can come to this country? My understanding is the numbers last year show this: 1.1 million people tried to come into this country and were stopped. prevented. most on the southern border. 1.1 million people were stopped at the southern border and turned back. Close to threequarters of a million. in most cases through the southern border. got to this country illegally and became a part of the 11 or 12 million people here illegally. And 175.000 people came to the southern border and came into this country legally because there are many ways in which to do that. That is the process by which we deal with the immigration issue. We have a lot of people who want to come in. We stop some. dont stop many. and now the proposition is we should tighten up the border. we should allow guest workers. and we should provide legal status for 11 or 12 million who are here.
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