Politico has a new piece up on Paul Ryan, moderate Republicans and DACA, but this passage caught our eye…
According to Politico, we need cheap immigrant labor because now construction is an occupation American’s just won’t do:
Gotta serve the donors: "While some moderates back the employment verification system, they say it must be accompanied by a guest worker program allowing immigrants to work on farms and in construction, for example, jobs many Americans won’t take." https://t.co/PPtjUOscVe
— Mark Krikorian (@MarkSKrikorian) June 13, 2018
This is, to put it mildly, BS:
https://twitter.com/conncarroll/status/1006849203967053824
Construction? https://t.co/exxbdQluoz
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 13, 2018
Americans will not take construction jobs???? https://t.co/B0ZXcbGeI9
— pittsburghdan (@danky1465) June 13, 2018
https://twitter.com/lorettatheprole/status/1006913654418214913
As do millions of other Americans.
Now, this is the real reason but Politico didn’t write that:
That's a myth created by those who want to pay less for labor.
— D2GLS ?? (@D2GLS) June 13, 2018
Yep.
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