{"id":1209610,"date":"2022-01-11T22:19:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T03:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1209610"},"modified":"2022-01-11T22:19:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T03:19:58","slug":"chamber-of-commerce-ceo-flood-u-s-with-twice-as-much-legal-immigration-amnesty-for-illegal-aliens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chamber-of-commerce-ceo-flood-u-s-with-twice-as-much-legal-immigration-amnesty-for-illegal-aliens\/","title":{"rendered":"Chamber of Commerce CEO: Flood U.S. with Twice as Much Legal Immigration, Amnesty for Illegal Aliens"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchamber-of-commerce-ceo-flood-u-s-with-twice-as-much-legal-immigration-amnesty-for-illegal-aliens%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1209610&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1302510655-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The United States Chamber of Commerce CEO Suzanne Clark says the U.S. ought to import twice as many foreign workers and provide amnesty to illegal aliens for the purpose of inflating the labor market, providing business with an endless flow of cheap labor and more consumers.<\/p>\n<p>During a speech on Tuesday, Clark stated that the Chamber\u2019s official position is to double the level of legal immigration. Such a policy would bring anywhere from two to four million legal immigrants to the U.S. every year \u2014 an annual foreign-born population nearly six times the size of Boston, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The goal, Clark said, is to inflate the U.S. labor market with as many workers as possible to decrease the cost of labor for businesses, which lowers wages, and to create more consumers to whom companies can sell products. Real estate investors would also be massive benefactors as high immigration levels <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/us\/canada-opens-door-immigrants-adding-fuel-hot-housing-market-2021-12-09\/\">drive up the costs<\/a> of rent and housing.<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty for illegal aliens, which would immediately flood the U.S. labor market with newly legalized foreign workers that America\u2019s working class would be most likely have to compete against for jobs, is also a priority of the Chamber of Commerce, Clark said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to grow our workforce if we want to grow our economy,\u201d Clark <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uschamber.com\/improving-government\/full-transcript-the-competition-for-the-future-state-of-american-business-2022-keynote-address-by-suzanne-p-clark\">said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>So, who wants to put their talent to work and pursue their dreams in a dynamic economy flush with opportunity? Immigrants of every skill level. <strong>Where are they going to go? The U.S. or Canada? Let\u2019s make it Austin or Boston, Atlanta or Denver<\/strong>, or any of the countless U.S. destinations in search of top talent. [Emphasis added]\n<p><strong>We must double the number of people legally immigrating to the U.S. And we must create a permanent solution for the \u201cdreamers\u201d<\/strong>\u2014those young men and women who know no other home and who contribute to their communities, but whose legal status is in limbo. [Emphasis added]\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Clark\u2019s remarks come as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/pdf\/empsit.pdf\">12 million<\/a> Americans, all of whom want full-time jobs, remain unemployed and another nearly four million Americans are underemployed but want full-time work.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/11\/exclusive-kevin-mccarthy-the-chamber-of-commerce-left-republican-party-a-long-time-ago-not-welcome-back\/\">exclusive interview<\/a> with Breitbart News this week, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) blasted the Chamber of Commerce for leaving \u201cthe [Republican] Party a long time ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the last election, the Chamber supported Democrats \u2026 I just assume they have as much influence in the future as they do now \u2014 none,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cOur responsibility is to the American public. That is who\u2019s going to drive it. If special interests are the American public then they\u2019ll have a say, but it\u2019s the American public we\u2019re going to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A flooded labor market from mass legal immigration to the U.S. has had a devastating impact on the nation\u2019s working and middle class while&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2016\/09\/21\/national-academies-study-shows-500-billion-immigration-tax-on-working-americans\/\">redistributing<\/a>&nbsp;wealth&nbsp;to the highest earners and big businesses.<\/p>\n<p>While creating an economy that tilts in favor of employers, the economic model helped keep&nbsp;wages&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.epi.org\/publication\/charting-wage-stagnation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">stagnate<\/a>&nbsp;for decades. Between 1979 to 2013, wage growth for the bottom 90 percent of Americans grew just 15 percent. Meanwhile, wage growth for the top one percent of Americans was nearly 140 percent higher.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Researchers have found that a flooded labor market can easily&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2016\/09\/21\/national-academies-study-shows-500-billion-immigration-tax-on-working-americans\/\">diminish<\/a>&nbsp;job opportunities&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/cis.org\/Report\/Wages-Immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">wages<\/a>&nbsp;for Americans.<\/p>\n<p>One particular study by the Center for Immigration Studies\u2019 Steven Camarota revealed that for every one percent increase in the immigrant portion of an American workers\u2019 occupation, their weekly wages are cut by perhaps 0.5 percent. This means the average native-born American worker today has his weekly wages reduced by potentially 8.75 percent as more than&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/05\/17\/wsj-immigration-to-u-s-drives-highest-level-of-foreign-workers-since-1996\/\">17 percent<\/a>&nbsp;of the workforce is foreign-born.<\/p>\n<p>Already, the U.S. gives out 1.2 million green cards to foreign nationals annually. In addition, about 1.5 million temporary work visas are rewarded to foreign nationals to take American jobs. The massive waves of legal immigration have led to the highest level of foreign workers in the U.S. economy in decades, making up at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/05\/17\/wsj-immigration-to-u-s-drives-highest-level-of-foreign-workers-since-1996\/\">17.5 percent<\/a> of the workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Legal immigration levels have driven the U.S. population to a record <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/21\/census-u-s-population-hits-331-9m-driven-mostly-by-legal-immigration\/\">331.9 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JxhnBxnder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">here<\/a><\/em><em>.<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Chamber of Commerce CEO Suzanne Clark says the U.S. ought to import twice as many foreign workers and provide amnesty to illegal aliens for the purpose of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1209610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1209610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1209610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1209610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1209610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}