Video: Jeff Sessions calls for suspension of employment-based immigration
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Illegal aliens are stealing jobs from American Workers
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18 April 2020
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Video: Jeff Sessions calls for suspension of employment-based immigration
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JEFF SESSIONS WAS PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ATTORNEY
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ATTORNEY GENERAL.
GENERAL. HE IS RUNNING TO REENTER THE
HE IS RUNNING TO REENTER THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
UNITED STATES SENATE. HE RECENTLY MADE THE SUGGESTION.
HE RECENTLY MADE THE SUGGESTION. HOW ABOUT A NATIONWIDE
HOW ABOUT A NATIONWIDE MORATORIUM ON IMMIGRATION UNTIL
MORATORIUM ON IMMIGRATION UNTIL AMERICANS ON EMPLOYMENT RATE HAS
AMERICANS ON EMPLOYMENT RATE HAS RECOVERED FROM THIS DISASTER?
RECOVERED FROM THIS DISASTER? JEFF SESSIONS JOINS US.
JEFF SESSIONS JOINS US. SENATOR, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
SENATOR, THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING ON.
COMING ON. TELL US YOUR PROPOSAL.
TELL US YOUR PROPOSAL. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I DIDN’T
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I DIDN’T MISSTATE IT.
MISSTATE IT. >> WE HAVE ABOUT 1.4 MILLION
>> WE HAVE ABOUT 1.4 MILLION PEOPLE THAT COME TO THIS COUNTRY
PEOPLE THAT COME TO THIS COUNTRY EVERY YEAR TO TAKE JOBS.
EVERY YEAR TO TAKE JOBS. WE JUST ANNOUNCED TODAY
WE JUST ANNOUNCED TODAY 5 MILLION MORE PEOPLE ON THE
5 MILLION MORE PEOPLE ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT RULE, THAT’S 22 MIL
UNEMPLOYMENT RULE, THAT’S 22 MIL NOW.
NOW. THERE IS NO DOUBT IT’S IN THE
THERE IS NO DOUBT IT’S IN THE INTEREST OF THE UNITED STATES OF
INTEREST OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET
AMERICA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET EVERY ONE OF THOSE UNEMPLOYED
EVERY ONE OF THOSE UNEMPLOYED AMERICANS THE JOBS FIRST.
AMERICANS THE JOBS FIRST. I MEAN, IT’S PSYCHOLOGICALLY
I MEAN, IT’S PSYCHOLOGICALLY DEVASTATING TO A PERSON NOT TO
DEVASTATING TO A PERSON NOT TO HAVE WORK.
HAVE WORK. IT UNDERMINES THEIR WELL-BEING
IT UNDERMINES THEIR WELL-BEING AND FAMILY.
AND FAMILY. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE TO HELP
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE TO HELP THEM FINANCIALLY IF THEY ARE
THEM FINANCIALLY IF THEY ARE UNEMPLOYED.
UNEMPLOYED. WHETHER IT’S MEDICAID, MEDICARE,
WHETHER IT’S MEDICAID, MEDICARE, FOOD STAMPS, UNEMPLOYMENT
FOOD STAMPS, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.
INSURANCE. SO WHY BRING IN FOREIGN WORKERS
SO WHY BRING IN FOREIGN WORKERS TO TAKE THOSE JOBS WHEN WE
TO TAKE THOSE JOBS WHEN WE SHOULD DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE,
SHOULD DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE, AS YOU SUGGESTED, TO GET
AS YOU SUGGESTED, TO GET AMERICAN WORKERS THAT ARE
AMERICAN WORKERS THAT ARE UNEMPLOYED IN THOSE JOBS.
UNEMPLOYED IN THOSE JOBS. >> Tucker: THAT IS SUCH AN
>> Tucker: THAT IS SUCH AN OBVIOUS POINT, AND I SHOULD NOTE
OBVIOUS POINT, AND I SHOULD NOTE THAT YOU ARE EMPLOYING THE MOST
THAT YOU ARE EMPLOYING THE MOST BASIC ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE OF ALL,
BASIC ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE OF ALL, SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
SUPPLY AND DEMAND. TIGHTER LABOR MARKET MEANS
TIGHTER LABOR MARKET MEANS HIGHER WAGES.
HIGHER WAGES. WHO COULD POSSIBLY OBJECT TO
WHO COULD POSSIBLY OBJECT TO THAT?
THAT? DO MOST AMERICANS AGREE WITH
DO MOST AMERICANS AGREE WITH YOU, DO YOU THINK?
YOU, DO YOU THINK? >> I THINK MOST AMERICANS TO
>> I THINK MOST AMERICANS TO AGREE WITH ME.
AGREE WITH ME. I THINK THE POLL IS A MOST 90%
I THINK THE POLL IS A MOST 90% THAT IF THERE IS A CHOICE
THAT IF THERE IS A CHOICE BETWEEN WHO SHOULD GET A JOB,
BETWEEN WHO SHOULD GET A JOB, THE AMERICANS SHOULD GET THE JOB
THE AMERICANS SHOULD GET THE JOB OVER A FOREIGNER.
OVER A FOREIGNER. GIVE ME A BREAK.
GIVE ME A BREAK. HOW SIMPLE IS THAT?
HOW SIMPLE IS THAT? WHO DO WE OWE OUR RESPONSIBILITY
WHO DO WE OWE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO, AS GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC
TO, AS GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS?
OFFICIALS? IT’S TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
IT’S TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FIRST.
FIRST. SO THAT’S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
SO THAT’S ABSOLUTELY TRUE. IF WE DO THIS THING RIGHT, WE
IF WE DO THIS THING RIGHT, WE CAN MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF
CAN MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE PROLONGED
PEOPLE THAT HAVE PROLONGED UNEMPLOYMENT.
UNEMPLOYMENT. IF IT’S A -- IT’S A SCARY TIME.
IF IT’S A -- IT’S A SCARY TIME. IT’S VERY SCARY.
IT’S VERY SCARY. WE NEED TO BE VERY ALERT TO THE
WE NEED TO BE VERY ALERT TO THE DANGERS.
DANGERS. THINK ABOUT A COLLEGE GRADUATE
THINK ABOUT A COLLEGE GRADUATE TODAY, IN MAY WILL BE
TODAY, IN MAY WILL BE GRADUATING.
GRADUATING. WHAT KIND OF PROSPECTOR THEY
WHAT KIND OF PROSPECTOR THEY HAVE?
HAVE? WE HAVE ALMOST 500,000 TECH
WE HAVE ALMOST 500,000 TECH WORKERS THAT COME TO AMERICA.
WORKERS THAT COME TO AMERICA. CAN’T WE FIGURE OUT A WAY TO
CAN’T WE FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS, MAYBE
MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS, MAYBE WITH COLLEGE DEBT, GET THOSE
WITH COLLEGE DEBT, GET THOSE JOBS FIRST?
JOBS FIRST? BEFORE YOU BRING IN FOREIGNERS.
BEFORE YOU BRING IN FOREIGNERS. IT’S JUST THE NATURE OF THE
IT’S JUST THE NATURE OF THE WORLD TODAY.
WORLD TODAY. WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR OWN.
WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR OWN. IT’S THE RATIONAL, MORAL,
IT’S THE RATIONAL, MORAL, RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO.
RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO.
>> Tucker: THIS COULD BE A LONG ANSWER.
LONG ANSWER. WE ONLY HAVE A MINUTE LEFT BUT I
WE ONLY HAVE A MINUTE LEFT BUT I HAVE TO ASK YOU SINCE YOU WORKED
I HAVE TO ASK YOU SINCE YOU WORKED IN GOVERNMENT FOR DECADES.
IN GOVERNMENT FOR DECADES. HAVE CLOSE TO 90% OF THE PUBLIC
HAVE CLOSE TO 90% OF THE PUBLIC WANTS SOMETHING TO HAPPEN AND IT
WANTS SOMETHING TO HAPPEN AND IT NEVER HAPPENS, FOR MANY YEARS,
NEVER HAPPENS, FOR MANY YEARS, IS THIS REALLY A DEMOCRACY?
IS THIS REALLY A DEMOCRACY?
YOU ARE ASKING A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION.
QUESTION. THIS IS A TIME, THIS ISSUE AND
THIS IS THETIME,
THIS ISSUE AND OTHERS LIKE IT I REALLY RAISED
OTHERS LIKE IT I REALLY RAISED TO THE LEVEL THAT THE AMERICAN
TO THE LEVEL THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE.
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE. IT’S NOT DONE SURREPTITIOUSLY
IT’S NOT DONE SURREPTITIOUSLY UNDER THE TABLE BY ESTABLISHMENT
UNDER THE TABLE BY ESTABLISHMENT POLITICIANS IN BOTH PARTIES,
POLITICIANS IN BOTH PARTIES, OFTEN SUPPORTED BY THE LOW-WAGE
OFTEN SUPPORTED BY THE LOW-WAGE AGENDA OF SOME OF THE CORPORATE
AGENDA OF SOME OF THE CORPORATE POWERS THAT BE.
POWERS THAT BE. THAT’S HOW I DEFEATED, LED THE
THAT’S HOW I DEFEATED, LED THE FIGHT TO DEFEAT THE IMMIGRATION
FIGHT TO DEFEAT THE IMMIGRATION BILL.
BILL. IT TOOK A LONG TIME BUT ONCE THE
IT TOOK A LONG TIME BUT ONCE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THOSE
AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THOSE BILLS, THEY TURNED AGAINST THEM
BILLS, THEY TURNED AGAINST THEM AND THE POLITICIANS DID.
AND THE POLITICIANS DID. UNTIL THEY REALLY UNDERSTOOD THE
UNTIL THEY REALLY UNDERSTOOD THE NATURE OF IT, IT WAS ON THE
NATURE OF IT, IT WAS ON THE PATHWAY TO PASSAGE.
PATHWAY TO PASSAGE. THIS IS A REAL POLITICAL
THIS IS A REAL POLITICAL QUESTION OF IMPORTANCE FOR
QUESTION OF IMPORTANCE FOR AMERICA.
AMERICA. PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF DO HELP
PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF DO HELP KEEP THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
KEEP THE AMERICAN PEOPLE INFORMED.