This is how bad the Republican party has gotten – a frickin’ Socialist presidential candidate is saying what JEB! won’t dare say – low skilled immigrants depress wages of Americans, especially younger citizens.
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More from ABC News:
Sanders, participating in a forum for presidential candidates hosted by the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, said there’s a reason why Wall Street and all of corporate America likes immigration reform.
“What I think they are interested in is seeing a process by which we can bring low-wage labor of all levels into this country to depress wages in America and I strongly disagree with that,” said Sanders who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination.
With high unemployment rates for high school-age kids in America – 36 percent for Hispanics – “I frankly do not believe we should be bringing in significant numbers of unskilled workers to compete with those kids. I want to see these kids get jobs,” Sanders said.
He added that he had included $1.5 billion program in the 2013 Senate bill to help young unemployed youth get jobs.
Sanders’ views on immigration have made some immigration activists uncomfortable, particularly the view that immigrants take Americans’ jobs. Coalitions of businesses, activists, law enforcement, agriculture, labor unions and others have been built to advance immigration reform, although Congress has not passed a sweeping immigration bill in more than a decade.
Now partly this is because Sanders is trying to undermine Hillary, who is decidedly pro-amnesty, but it’s amazing to see more truth on this issue come out of a Socialist on the Democrat side than many on the GOP ticket.
And that’s the power that entities like the Chamber of Commerce has on the GOP.