House lawmakers are rallying around new immigration legislation aimed at tackling the nationwide labor shortage by bringing workers into the United States from abroad.
Today we're speaking with Ray Lahoud, Member of North McLaughlin about the impact of COVID-19 on immigration and labor shortages. Immigration issues are complicated enough, but how does that factor into boosting the U.S. economy?
mississippi. mississippi has the second-highest unemployment rate rate in this country. the highest rate is alaska come of the 50 states. mississippi s unappointed rate is 5%. the national employment rate is 3.7% by comparison. it does seem to indicate there are people in that state would like jobs, who are in this country legally, though they could go out and hire. one other thing i wanted to point out, something that never gets covered about the trump administration, they dramatically increase the number of seasonal work visas for the summer. the h2b visas. they increase it by 30,000. it s nearly doubling what the visa allotment usually is. there are ways to employ people legally in this country. actually, this trump administration is trying to help. capri: i m so glad people are talking about the employer issue. melissa: just before we run out of time, i want to get to the idea of democrats heading back saying we should dismantle