Speech #1140009978

I think this one is worth commenting about. There has been no sense at all by President Obama. the Department of Homeland Security. Jeh Johnson. the Democratic Members of this Congressno concern about the employment prospects of lawful immigrants. green card holders. and nativeborn Americans. We have high unemployment and the lowest percentage of Americans in the working age group actually holding jobs in America that we have had since 1970. Wages are down. Professor Borjas at Harvard documents that excessive immigration pulls down wages. Since 2007 wages of medianincome families are down $4.000. I would say to colleagues that the first thing we should do is focus on getting jobs for Americans who are unemployed.