GOP Rep. Mike Lawler Bucks MAGA On Migrant Visas

December 30, 2024 Infighting Is Funny, Republicans

“Here’s a reality that we have to deal with. By the end of the century, we’re projected to have a population decline. Our birth rate in the last 15 years has dropped from two children per woman to 1.66 per woman. So, the reality is we have a long-term population decline. We have a workforce shortage of doctors, nurses, engineers, home health aides, ad workers, construction workers, hospitality workers.

“We need immigration. We need an immigration system that works, that is legal, and I fundamentally believe that you need to have a system that is focused on our economic needs as a country and a more merit-based immigration system than anything else. My wife is an immigrant. I have been through this process with her. It is a fundamentally broken system.

“But the H-1B visa program in which you’re talking about 65,000 visas, plus, you know, an additional 20,000 for, you know, those with master’s degrees, the fact is, you know, that is critical to our economy, and as President Trump said, it’s a program he’s used over the years for his businesses, and it’s something that has obviously been beneficial to our economy.” – GOP Rep. Mike Lawler.



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