As unemployment climbs, groups push for immigration reduction
by Kalyn Belsha
March 03, 2009

Americans are looking for work – 11.6 million of them to be exact. Thousands more are expected to have joined their ranks when February’s unemployment statistics are released Friday.

Groups that favor reduced immigration say that number will only climb higher unless President Obama and Congress work to reform immigration legislation.

In the meantime, advocates for immigration reduction are urging the federal government to temporarily suspend foreign workers from entering the U.S. in order to increase the number of jobs available to unemployed American citizens and permanent residents.

“It’s really not a complicated issue,â€