Sour economy says U.S. should sharply reduce legal immigration

The official name of this statue is "Liberty Enlightening the World," not "Liberty Inviting the World." Since 1990, this nation has been annually admitting more than 1 million legal immigrants or more than four times the historic average that existed during the first 200 years of our history.

 

At a time when our economy has tanked and 22 million of our citizens and legal residents are unable to find full-time employment, why is the federal government still issuing 125,000 work permits every month to foreigners, many of whom have little education or skills, and permitting them to compete with Americans in a horrendous job market?  Even more insulting and callous is an Obama administration, while babbling on endlessly about jobs being a “top priority,” that continues to allow 8 million illegal aliens to enjoy the dignity and satisfaction of bringing home a regular paycheck.  Most of the jobs, incidentally, are not in the farm (only about 4 percent of these illegals are engaged in farming,) but in the construction, transportation, manufacturing, and service and hospitality industries.