They will give a crumb to the middle class and try to
hide a massive giveaway to the already fortunate. I can see no other
reason why they object to these three very reasonable, very popular
principles other than that, and we hope they will not try to sneak it
through in the same partisan process. Immigration
Finally, Mr. President, a word on immigration: Yesterday, I heard the
President railing against migrant workers and wrapping his arms around
the Cotton-Perdue bill. The bill goes after hard-working people who
want to play by the rules, contribute to our economy, and earn
citizenship, while doing nothing to address the unscrupulous practices
of employers who abuse our visa programs to outsource jobs and displace
American workers. Here is what I would like to focus on. The President has this nice
announcement that he is cutting back on immigration, but a month ago he
actually increased the number of H-2B visas--a program the President
knows well. Why? A lot of those with H-2B visas work in hotels. I don't
know how many, but I bet a good number are in Trump Hotels. So when the
President actually looks at immigration in his own businesses, he says:
We need more immigrants. When asked before, he has said: Well, we
couldn't get American workers. But when he comes up with his big
immigration plan--I think not appealing to the higher instincts of
Americans--he says: Slash it. Those two are complete contradictions. To
hold both of those views is to hold hypocritical views. The President wants to talk about immigration because he thinks the
politics are to his advantage, but, in truth, his immigration policy
has a stunning hypocrisy at the core of it. The President criticizes
and seeks to limit almost every immigration program except the one that
benefits his own business. I yield the floor.
Keywords matched
immigration visa immigrants migrant Immigration visas H-2B