47 Republicans lobby for more foreigners While 36M jobless
Jun 1, 2020 14:44:56 GMT -5
Post by avordvet on Jun 1, 2020 14:44:56 GMT -5
The List: 47 Republicans Lobby for More Foreign Workers While 36M Are Jobless
John Binder, 28 May 2020
Thirty-eight House Republicans have joined nine Republican Senators in lobbying the White House to continue importing foreign workers to the United States even as more than 36 million Americans are jobless.
In a letter to Trump, Republican lawmakers including Rep. Roger Marshall (R-KS) — running against Kris Kobach for Kansas’s open Senate seat — and New York Representitives Elise Stefanik and Peter King ask that businesses continue to be allowed to import blue-collar foreign workers through the H-2B visa program amid mass unemployment.
Every year, U.S. companies are allowed to import 66,000 low-skilled H-2B foreign workers to take blue-collar, non-agricultural jobs. For some time, the H-2B visa program has been used by businesses to bring in cheaper, foreign workers and has contributed to blue-collar Americans having their wages undercut.
The Republican lawmakers claim that even though a record number of Americans in many states are jobless, businesses are still suffering from labor shortages — a claim that is made year-round by the cheap labor lobby.
The Republican lawmakers who signed the letter include:
Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD)
Rep. Jack Bergman (R-MI)
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA)
Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH)
Rep. David Joyce (R-OH)
Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH)
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA)
Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI)
Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO)
Rep. Don Young (R-AK)
Rep. Robert Latta (R-OH)
Rep. David Rouzer (R-NC)
Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH)
Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD)
Rep. Ralph Abraham (R-LA)
Rep. Paul Mitchell (R-MI)
Rep. Peter King (R-NY)
Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC)
Rep. Neal Dunn (R-FL)
Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY)
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA)
Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI)
Rep. Mike Conaway (R-MD)
Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA)
Rep. Roger Marshall (R-KS)
Rep. Rob Woodall (R-GA)
Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA)
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA)
Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH)
Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT)
Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK)
Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI)
Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY)
Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI)
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI)
Rep. John Rutherford (R-FL)
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA)
The Republicans write:
www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/28/the-list-47-republicans-lobby-for-more-foreign-workers-while-36m-are-jobless/
John Binder, 28 May 2020
Thirty-eight House Republicans have joined nine Republican Senators in lobbying the White House to continue importing foreign workers to the United States even as more than 36 million Americans are jobless.
In a letter to Trump, Republican lawmakers including Rep. Roger Marshall (R-KS) — running against Kris Kobach for Kansas’s open Senate seat — and New York Representitives Elise Stefanik and Peter King ask that businesses continue to be allowed to import blue-collar foreign workers through the H-2B visa program amid mass unemployment.
Every year, U.S. companies are allowed to import 66,000 low-skilled H-2B foreign workers to take blue-collar, non-agricultural jobs. For some time, the H-2B visa program has been used by businesses to bring in cheaper, foreign workers and has contributed to blue-collar Americans having their wages undercut.
The Republican lawmakers claim that even though a record number of Americans in many states are jobless, businesses are still suffering from labor shortages — a claim that is made year-round by the cheap labor lobby.
The Republican lawmakers who signed the letter include:
Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD)
Rep. Jack Bergman (R-MI)
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA)
Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH)
Rep. David Joyce (R-OH)
Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH)
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA)
Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI)
Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO)
Rep. Don Young (R-AK)
Rep. Robert Latta (R-OH)
Rep. David Rouzer (R-NC)
Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH)
Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD)
Rep. Ralph Abraham (R-LA)
Rep. Paul Mitchell (R-MI)
Rep. Peter King (R-NY)
Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC)
Rep. Neal Dunn (R-FL)
Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY)
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA)
Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI)
Rep. Mike Conaway (R-MD)
Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA)
Rep. Roger Marshall (R-KS)
Rep. Rob Woodall (R-GA)
Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA)
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA)
Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH)
Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT)
Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK)
Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI)
Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY)
Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI)
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI)
Rep. John Rutherford (R-FL)
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA)
The Republicans write:
www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/28/the-list-47-republicans-lobby-for-more-foreign-workers-while-36m-are-jobless/