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The un-American U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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And some of the chamber’s suggestions to “close the jobs gap” are well-founded. The America Works Agenda’s recommendations are gathered under four headings, the first three of which include things such as apprenticeships, increased opportunities for ex-cons trying to reenter the job market, easing occupational licensing barriers, and more.
But that’s all window-dressing for the fourth heading, the main event: “Expand the Workforce Through Immigration Reform.” The chamber wants to double employment-based immigration; exempt dependents from the numerical caps, which would double it again; double H-1B visas (mainly for low-end tech labor from India); double H-2B visas (unskilled, seasonal, non-agricultural workers); grant amnesty for “Dreamers” and illegals with “Temporary” Protected Status; and plenty more.
Of course, people of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public – that’s to be expected. But the chamber’s jobs agenda isn’t even internally consistent; massive increases in immigration would undermine or negate the other recommendations to address the “national economic crisis.” Why would a business hire an initially unproductive young American for an apprenticeship program if it could instead have its pick of cheaper, more experienced, and more docile foreign workers? Why take the chance on hiring an American ex-con or recovering addict when there are plenty of deferential foreigners to choose from? Why expend political capital to get your state legislature to establish “skills savings accounts” when you’ve been freed from your dependence on the American workforce by de facto unlimited immigration?
It may be time for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to remove the initials at the start of its name.
And some of the chamber’s suggestions to “close the jobs gap” are well-founded. The America Works Agenda’s recommendations are gathered under four headings, the first three of which include things such as apprenticeships, increased opportunities for ex-cons trying to reenter the job market, easing occupational licensing barriers, and more.
But that’s all window-dressing for the fourth heading, the main event: “Expand the Workforce Through Immigration Reform.” The chamber wants to double employment-based immigration; exempt dependents from the numerical caps, which would double it again; double H-1B visas (mainly for low-end tech labor from India); double H-2B visas (unskilled, seasonal, non-agricultural workers); grant amnesty for “Dreamers” and illegals with “Temporary” Protected Status; and plenty more.
Of course, people of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public – that’s to be expected. But the chamber’s jobs agenda isn’t even internally consistent; massive increases in immigration would undermine or negate the other recommendations to address the “national economic crisis.” Why would a business hire an initially unproductive young American for an apprenticeship program if it could instead have its pick of cheaper, more experienced, and more docile foreign workers? Why take the chance on hiring an American ex-con or recovering addict when there are plenty of deferential foreigners to choose from? Why expend political capital to get your state legislature to establish “skills savings accounts” when you’ve been freed from your dependence on the American workforce by de facto unlimited immigration?
It may be time for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to remove the initials at the start of its name.
It’s Always a Good Time to Increase Immigration! | National Review
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce wants to vastly boost legal immigration.
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