Hostettler: Illegal immigrants hurting US

Stemming the tide of illegal immigration across U.S. borders is important to national security and causes a loss of jobs for American workers, U.S. Rep. John Hostettler said Monday during a town hall meeting in World Gospel Church in Terre Haute. "Illegal immigration hurts American workers. From 2000 to 2004, over half a million American jobs were lost. In 2004, there were more than half a million fewer native-born Americans employed than in 2000," said Hostettler, R-Blairsville, who is the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee for Immigration, Border Security and Claims. "It was not from a change in demographics, but rather there were a half million fewer jobs held by native-born American citizens. However, in the same time period there were over 2.2 million new jobs that were held by foreign-born workers," Hostettler said. Hostettler cited a net increase of about 1.7 million jobs, entirely the result of foreign-born workers, with half of those in the nation illegally, he said.

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