Posted on 12/08/2016 3:57:39 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Labor strongly defended immigration reform in remarks several years ago and also criticized border security as a waste of money and overly intrusive — positions that put him at odds with the president-elect’s campaign promises to crack down on immigration.
Andrew Puzder, CEO of the fast-food chain conglomerate CKE Restaurants, said that passing immigration reform that offered a path to legalization for many of the millions of undocumented immigrants in the country was “the right thing to do” and would boost the economy, in a question-and-answer session organized by conservative think tank the American Enterprise Institute in 2013.
Puzder’s belief that immigration reform could be an economic boon was once firmly implanted in the Republican mainstream, with Republicans willing to join a bipartisan effort to pass comprehensive immigration reform as recently as 2013. But the victory of Trump, who campaigned on building a giant wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and said that Mexico has sent “rapists” to the United States, demonstrated that the Republican base rejects that thinking.
“If we had immigration reform and were able to hire these people who really want to work, we’d have a more diverse, incentivized and productive workforce,” Puzder said in 2013. “You’d really reinforce this idea that the United States is the land of opportunity, the land of entrepreneurial vision — and that could use some reinforcing.”
Puzder said that his fast-food chain’s workforce in California, where a greater share of employees were Latino, was more productive and motivated than some of his employees in other areas of the country.
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Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Labor strongly defended [illegal] immigration reform in remarks several years ago and also criticized border security as a waste of money and overly intrusive — positions that put him at odds with the president-elect’s campaign promises to crack down on [illegal] immigration.
Andrew Puzder, CEO of the fast-food chain conglomerate CKE Restaurants, said that passing immigration reform that offered a path to legalization for many of the millions of undocumented [illegal] immigrants in the country was “the right thing to do” and would boost the economy
I believe that to be true. I believe the British and American cultures are being deliberately destroyed by self loathing dirt bags. What I wonder, is, have other cultures been deliberately destroyed by their own self loathing dirt bags?
“He won’t be/better not be deciding immigration policy.”
Puleeze. I wish the Hand-wringers Association would find themselves a 12 step program.
It’s VERY simple:
A) Trump knows what he is doing.
B) Trump SETS POLICY
C) His Cabinet IMPLEMENTS Trump’s policy.
D) Cabinet member doesn’t implement Trump’s policy means Trump fires them.
No sip an adult beverage or vape something relaxing. Sheesh
I thought I read where he is or was the CEO of the parent company of a few fast food chains . . .ie. Carl Jrs. . . . and Burger King was one of them. I’ll have to check. Sorry if I gave false information.
Yahoo News?? ROTFLMAO!!!
Yahoo News is a Fake News site.
Fake News from Yahoo?
Doesn’t make sense to veto a successful appointee just because they’ve made statements against Trump’s policy. Mike Pence voted for every free trade deal known to man. Trump can handle different views.
When Trump gets the wall built he’ll get away with legalizing lots of peeps already here, dreamers, etc
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That may be the plan, but he won’t get support for amnesty from me.
You are absolutely right. It was Hardee’s instead of Burger King. Thanks for calling it to my attention.
Mr. Puzder, chief executive of CKE Restaurants Holdings Inc., the parent company of the Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s burger chains
A-freaking-men! Unity is strength. Now that only has to be unity of purpose or culture, but anyone you let in has to be on board.
But the MORE RIGHTER thing to do is.....What Trump and his Congress decides.
Bet they had to get a maximum performance air brush.
Scrap the ‘65 Immigration Reform Act. Prioritize those who benefit the country, and if you can’t make it on your own you go home.
Get rid of him. Drive him to Mexico, if he likes all these third-world immigrants and illegal aliens so much. See how he likes it down there. Typical corporate scum.
Let’s hope Trump keeps on top of this imbecile, should he be confirmed.
Puzder apparently made his remarks in 2013, according to the article.
I thought Burger King is privately owned.
I know from experience that, in CA, people hire illegals and will pay them less than minimum wage, no worker’s compensation, and they pay them under the table so the employer doesn’t have to pay payroll taxes either. Then in CA, instead of following the law and not allowing employers to hire illegals, the illegals are allowed to use and get free healthcare, unemployment, etc. The employer gets a slap on the wrist. I think the labor Secretary should make it punitive to employers hiring illegals and let it be known to illegals that they do not have the same rights as legal workers.
Not worried.
The positives are, he is against raising the minimum wage, he is a vocal supporter of the Trump tax plan and he wrote a book claiming that government doesn't understand business.
The negatives are, he is pro amnesty, likes to import cheap foreign labor and was a Romney economic campaign advisor.
I wouldn't have picked him.
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