NumbersUSA calls for immediate suspension of (virtually) all
NumbersUSA calls for immediate suspension of (virtually) all immigration due to jobs crisis
Posted by acorcoran on March 8, 2009
On Friday, Roy Beck, head of NumbersUSA one of the largest immigration watch dog groups called for the Obama Administration to shut the immigration spigot so we could cope with the spiraling job loss crisis. While losing 651,000 jobs in February, immigrants continue to stream into the US.
Nothing has changed since last year when 138,000 new foreign workers were added to the U.S. each month on average.
Beck charges that business interests are teaming with the Democratic Administration and Democratic leaders in Congress to continue the flow.
Following the lead of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Pres. Obama, Senate Majority Leader Reid and House Speaker Pelosi refuse to respond to the plight of unemployed American workers and consider a suspension of most immigration and foreign worker programs.
Cut the numbers drastically.
We at NumbersUSA have said since November that the national jobs disaster requires an immediate suspension of all immigration and temporary foreign work programs except for spouses and minor children of U.S. citizens, a controlled number of emergency refugees and a few thousand truly extraordinary skilled workers for whom no American substitute is available.
I’m supportive of NumbersUSA’s initiative, I just wonder what that “controlled number of emergency refugeesâ€
