Steven Camarota
Steven Camarota
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Natives with relatively little education are leaving the labor market in droves. This should not look like this at this point in an economic recovery.
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The idea that there are jobs that Americans won't do is economic gibberish. All the big occupations that immigrants are in - construction, janitorial, even agriculture - are overwhelmingly done by native Americans.
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No one disputes that less-educated natives have done very poorly in the last five years.
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States have a choice: They can either buttress federal law or undermine it. It appears Virginia is trying to buttress it. And I think that reflects popular sentiment in Virginia.
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Millions of people are going to keep coming every decade unless we restrict it. That's the bottom line.
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The ability of a state or local government to do a great deal about immigration is limited. No question about it.
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The bottom line is the number of people who came from 2000 to 2004 was more than we've seen in American history, 6.2 million people in a four-year period,
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People don't want an increase in immigration, and legalizing someone who is illegal just sticks in their craw.
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If he were to say that, it would be helpful to know what he means. But he does not say that.
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It's the strongest, most comprehensive enforcement bill we have seen in a generation or more. It goes about 70 percent of the way to getting us to actually enforcing the law, if it were ever implemented.
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People are coming unless we stop them. It's not going to take care of itself,
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People come here to work, ... sliced the data really thin.
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Anyone who says we've tried enforcing the law and failed is wrong.
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They're looking at 46 million people who would like to come--if the numbers are to believed. Even if a small fraction decide to come, you're looking at enormous numbers.