Speech #1130126826

Our wages and earnings for families have declined dramatically-$4.000 is almost 350 a month. So it is in this context that we must consider the economic fallout from the Presidents unconstitutional Executive amnesty. In plain violation of law and the express will of the American people. the President has ordered 5 million work permits to be issued to those illegally here. Those illegal workers will now be able to compete for any job in America. They can now compete for jobs with the power company. the county commission. city hall. working at construction companiesgoodpaying jobs for which they are not now eligible to compete. The Presidents order will give illegal immigrants unfettered access to compete for any job in America. If they are not hired at city hall because the mayor thinks he should not hire someone who entered the country illegally. they can file a lawsuit and demand to be hired. They have been given lawful status ordered by the President of the Unite States. an ID card with a Social Security number and a worker authorization. They will be participating in Social Security and Medicare. weakening those programs which are already in deep financial trouble. So this illegal amnesty is part of a broader immigration vision from the President. legislation he endlessly champions. a bill written behind closed doors with billionaire activists and openborders enthusiasts and immigration lobbyists. This legislation surges immigration levels every year. That is his vision. After four decades of record immigration. the Presidents bill. supported unanimously by Senate Democrats. stopped in the Republican House. tripled the issuance of permanent residency cards over 10 years. In the next 10 years. had that bill passed. it would have tripled the number of people given permanent legal status in America. The Center For Immigration Studies explains that this legislation would. in a mere 6 years from today. increase the percentage of the U.S. population born abroad to a level never before reached in American history. And by 2033 nearly one in six residents. under this plan. would be foreignborn. This is a dramatic and historic change in our immigration policy. Unsurprisingly. the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected that the results of such legislation would be lower wages. higher unemployment. and reduced per capita GNP. All of this begs a simple question: Who is looking out for Americans? Who is looking out for their interests. fighting to help them get a better job and better pay. or working to help their communities climb out of poverty? Who is looking out for their interests? The immigration debate in our Nations Capital is always centered. it seems to me. on the needs of illegal immigrants. foreign workers. or large employers. Is it not time. after decades of open immigration. that we focus on what we can do to help Americans? Is not time to focus on how we can grow their wages and improve their job prospects? We have seen declining wages and higher unemployment. Is it not the sensible and rational thing to just slow down a little bit. allow wages to begin to rise some. assimilation to occur more effectively. and help those who are already here today. including foreign immigrants who have come to America. who are struggling to rise into the middle class? Will this not help them be more successful. more prosperous. and flourish better in America? The American people have begged and pleaded for a lawful system of immigration that serves the national interestnot special interests. But the politicians have refused. refused. refused. This summer alone the White House met 20 times. it was reported. with business executives. amnesty lobbyists. and immigration activists to craft their executive orders legalize people who are here unlawfully. They have been meeting for years with those groups. They have spent $1.5 billion. according to one independent group. to promote their rejected amnesty legislation since 2007.