{"id":2390274,"date":"2025-01-14T16:13:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T21:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/freeze-on-immigration-urged-to-put-americans-back-to-work-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T16:15:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T21:15:02","slug":"freeze-on-immigration-urged-to-put-americans-back-to-work-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/freeze-on-immigration-urged-to-put-americans-back-to-work-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Freeze\u2019 on immigration urged to put Americans back to work &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">26<\/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%2Ffreeze-on-immigration-urged-to-put-americans-back-to-work-washington-examiner%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=2390274&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--><p>The article\u2062 discusses a call from Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) urging President-elect Donald \u200bTrump\u2062 to impose a &#8220;freeze&#8221; \u2063on both\u200b legal and illegal immigration to prioritize job opportunities for American workers. Roy cites reports from the census and Labor Department indicating that the majority of new jobs are being filled by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foreign-born-workers-dominate-u-s-job-gains-while-native-born-americans-struggle\/\" title=\"Foreign-born workers lead U.S. job growth as native-born Americans face challenges\">foreign-born \u200bworkers<\/a>. \u2062He advocates for a halt on the entry of an additional 3 \u200cmillion\u2062 immigrants until a plan\u200c is established to ensure \u200dthat American citizens are given precedence in the job market. The statement reflects ongoing concerns\u2063 about immigration policy and its impact\u2063 on employment for \u200cAmericans.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">&lsquo;Freeze&rsquo; on immigration urged to put Americans back to work<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1934903\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3281906\/voters-embrace-trump-hot-button-agenda-taxes-migrants-doge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> is being urged to freeze legal and illegal <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"immigration\">immigration<\/a> to help Americans get back to work.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Citing census and Labor Department reports showing that most new jobs are going to foreign-born workers, Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3234289\/chip-roy-demands-answers-biden-administration-lost-unaccompanied-migrant-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Chip Roy<\/a> (R-TX) on Tuesday said America should fully stop illegal immigration and letting another 3 million legal immigrants into the United States until the country figures out how to get Americans into those jobs.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My call to Republicans, my call to the president, the administration, is freeze what we&rsquo;re doing, figure out what the state of affairs is, remove the people who have come here illegally, repatriate them where they&rsquo;re supposed to be, reestablish the rule of law, secure the border first,&rdquo; Roy said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Border security first. If you want America First, get that done and then have a serious and robust conversation about the state of our workforce,&rdquo; Roy said at a conference hosted by the Washington-based Center for Immigration Studies.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Panel: Beyond the Border - Why Legal Immigration Numbers Matter\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_h5FxXzJzsw?start=590&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Roy arrived well armed with numbers to help make his point that legal and illegal immigration is changing the culture of America.<\/p>\n<p>He said the immigrant population in America is the highest in number and percentage in U.S. history. He said there are 51.5 million foreign-born people in the U.S., or 16% of the population.<\/p>\n<p>The last time the foreign-born population neared such a high percentage was in the early part of the 1900s. At that time, he said, the federal government &ldquo;pumped the brakes&rdquo; for nearly 40 years before hitting the &ldquo;accelerator&rdquo; again.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think we&rsquo;ve let in more people than every country in the world combined,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Roy said that arguments made by businesses for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">foreign tech workers make<\/a> little sense since America graduates many STEM workers. But, he said, most of those never take STEM-related jobs.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What are we doing?&rdquo; Roy asked. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re subsidizing big corporations to hire cheaper foreign labor while we subsidize American workers not to work or go take a job in some field that is not related to their STEM degree. That&rsquo;s what&rsquo;s actually happening.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And he mocked years of calls for immigration reform, claiming that Washington doesn&rsquo;t want it and instead is giving corporations the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">cheap foreign labor<\/a> it seeks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We hear all of this chatter about H-1B, and the need to have a reformed immigration system, as if this is somehow new, as if we haven&rsquo;t had this conversation now for decades in which basically big corporate interests want cheap labor at the expense of American labor, while the culture of our country is getting twisted around, while our open borders are being ignored, and while Republicans go out and campaign on securing them, never fully secure them, and never undo the damage of the fact that they were unsecured in the first place,&rdquo; Roy said, adding, &ldquo;That&rsquo;s the truth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1934903\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1934903\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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