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Trump seeks deal on foreign workers that could anger base
Politico ^
| February 20th, 2020
| By ANITA KUMAR
Posted on 02/20/2020 11:40:00 AM PST by Mariner
The White House can't get its broad immigration proposal moving, so officials are pursuing a narrow deal that would please the business community but might go against the president's campaign promise to reduce overall immigration.
In recent months, the administration has been in talks with senators about legislation that would create new categories of temporary worker visas or lengthen the allotted stays for those workers, among other possible changes, according to four people familiar with the discussions.
A White House official confirmed the ongoing negotiations on the guest worker proposal and said the effort is an attempt to generate action on a smaller immigration proposal after a larger one stalled and won few adherents.
Weve also been listening to stakeholders, the official said. Weve also developed points of view on what the temporary system should look like.
A broadening of temporary worker visas is a policy change the business community has long sought, arguing companies in industries like construction and agriculture can't hire enough workers to meet demand. But immigration activists seeking to reduce migration worry such changes would raise the number of foreigners coming to the U.S.
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To: rrrod
Trump is correct and this is needed.You are a traitor that can FOAD.
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posted on
02/21/2020 2:45:36 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: God luvs America
Pay Americans to pick crops or import the crop. Importing the labor is INSANE.
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posted on
02/21/2020 2:47:03 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Alberta's Child
We are at the point where political leaders and business pundits celebrate an annual GDP growth rate of 2.5% that would have been considered a pathetic economic performance just a couple of decades ago. Thats a huge indicator of our demographic disaster thats unfolding right now.How is it I agree with you?
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posted on
02/21/2020 2:48:57 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: DesertRhino
We need several decades of -absolutely- minimal immigration. Like the 1920s through the mid 60s.
Hear hear!!!
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posted on
02/21/2020 2:50:00 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Alberta's Child
Thats a huge indicator of our demographic disaster thats unfolding right now.Wait, I didn't read you post closely enough. I don't agree with that part at all. That is BS.
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posted on
02/21/2020 2:52:15 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Alberta's Child
He meant GLOBALIST corporations importing 3rd worlders and offshoring production you idiot.
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posted on
02/21/2020 2:54:07 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: nikos1121
We need workers esp in the agriculture community... so whats so bad about giving these people green cards..?Pay Americans. A head of lettuce would cost $.25 more if an Americans picked it. Big deal. Look whey you get for that $.25. A secure border and an end to the 3rd world flood.
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posted on
02/21/2020 2:57:04 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: NobleFree
Yes - because what their corporate globalist johns want is below-market-wage labor, the American way of life be damned. (And some on FR seem to take their side.)
Worth repeating bump.
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posted on
02/21/2020 2:58:42 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: central_va
Don’t breed you ignorant POS.
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posted on
02/21/2020 4:03:25 AM PST
by
rrrod
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To: rrrod
Dont breed you ignorant POS.Don't post you traitor.
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posted on
02/21/2020 4:07:31 AM PST
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central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: central_va
LOL...you must have lost out to an ape...thanks for proving my point.
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posted on
02/21/2020 4:14:13 AM PST
by
rrrod
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To: central_va
I really think there is a shortage of workers. I think there are more jobs than people to do them.
To: central_va
The union stooge blasting others. How Commie of you!
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posted on
02/21/2020 5:41:12 AM PST
by
sausageseller
(If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage. M, Thatcher)
To: rrrod
He is FRs resident commie union stooge.
His views line up more with the Democrats on the debate stage and he could fit right in with the squad attacking Americans.
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posted on
02/21/2020 5:47:24 AM PST
by
sausageseller
(If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage. M, Thatcher)
To: sausageseller
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posted on
02/21/2020 6:05:07 AM PST
by
rrrod
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To: central_va
Are you such a presumptuous A-hole that you're going to get on here and tell me what someone else meant in his or her post?
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posted on
02/21/2020 9:04:42 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
("Oh, but it's hard to live by the rules; I never could and still never do.")
To: nikos1121
I really think there is a shortage of workers.Econ 101: as price (i.e. wages) goes up, supply increases. Corporate globalists would rather gut the American middle class than pay market wages to American workers.
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posted on
02/21/2020 10:46:22 AM PST
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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