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letter by some border patrol person along the border. laura, i've been down there many times and i can tell you border patrol, overwhelming majority they want their help, because biden has turned them into desk clerks at a holiday in. we're actually securing the border with our national guard. look, in our budget that we just passed in may, we spent $4 billion, four billion in our budget of our daks pair money to protect the border. and we shouldn't be doing that. until we get someone new in the white house, we're going to see people drown, we're going to see people going into servitude. we're going to see people trafficked and we're going to see american lives, in this country, impacted. so, laura, we're doing everything we can, and the overwhelming majority, they support us. they support who makes their paycheck. >> laura: here's how one texas congresswoman dan responded to these issues of buoys just a few days ago on cnn.
record job creation, record unemployment declines, record increases in people in the labor force. i would argue the biden economic plan is working. it's getting america back to work, back on its feet. but the record doesn't stop there. today's report also tells us that record wage gains especially for workers in some of america's toughest jobs, women and men who work on the front line jobs in restaurants, hotels, travel, tourism, desk clerks, line cooks, wait staff, bellmen, they all saw their wages at historic high, the highest in history. their pay went up almost 16% this year, far ahead of inflation, which is still a concern. overall, wage gains for all workers who were not supervisors went up more in 2021 than any year in four
record job creation, record unemployment, declines, record increases in people in the labor force. i would argue the biden economic plan is working. and is getting america back to work, back on its feet. but the record doesn't stop there. today's report also tells us that record wage gains, especially for workers in some of america's toughest jobs, women and men who work on the front line jobs in restaurants, hotels, travel, tourism, desk clerks, line cooks, wait staff, bell men, they all saw their wages at a historic high, a highest in history. their pay went up almost 16% this year. far ahead of inflation, which is still a concern. overall, wage gains for all workers who were not supervisors went up more in 2021 than any year in four decades.
record unemployment declines. record increases in the people in the labor force. i would argue the biden economic plan is working. and is getting america back to work, back on its feet. but the record doesn't stop there. today's report also tells us that record wage gauge, especially for workers in some of america's toughest jobs, women and men who work on the frontline jobs in restaurants, hotels, travel, tourism, desk clerks, line cooks, wait staff, bellmen, they all saw their wages at a historic high. the highest in history. their way went up almost 16% this year, far ahead of inflation, which is still a concern. overall, wage gains for all workers who were not super visors went up more in 2021 than any year in four decades. there's been a lot of press
and it's getting america back to work, back on its feet. >> reporter: the u.s. economy adding only 199,000 jobs in december, even before omicron's big surge, making it the weakest jobs report of 2021. but biden is looking on the bright side, highlighting how unemployment fell to 3.9%, the best level since the pandemic began. >> the sharpest one-year drop in unemployment in the united states history. >> reporter: overall, the u.s. economy now has about 6.4 million more jobs than it did at the start of 2021, but it is still 3.6 million jobs short of prepandemic levels. >> we brought down the poverty rate and went from 20 million people on unemployment rolls a year ago to under 2 million people on unemployment rolls today. >> reporter: while acknowledging inflation is still a persistent problem, biden highlighted an impressive increase in wages. >> desk clerks, line cooks,
she-session. i think it's been overplayed. >> 6.4 mill jobs added in 2021 is the most added in a calendar year by any president. he also touted that wages are up. take a listen. >> women and men who work in the front line jobs in restaurants, hotels, travel, tourism, desk clerks, line cooks, wait staff, bellmen, they all saw their wages at historic high. the highest in history. their pay went up almost 16% this year. far ahead of inflation, which is still a concern. >> could the federal reserve use all this as evidence of an improving economy, despite inflation and use that as a reason to raise interest rates? >> well, i think we are going to see rate hikes, no question. with numbers as you pointed out in the beginning so low in terms of unemployment. 3.9%. inflation at a 40-year high. it's really hard to argue that you shouldn't see a rate hike.
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acting i.c.e. director and requested a full accounting from i.c.e. about the practice. joining me now is one of the reporters who bloke this story for the phoenix new times, great to have you with us. let's start with the very beginning of this. how did you get tipped off on this story? >> so we heard that this was going on, started calling immigration lawyers in the area and asking them have you ever heard of this. and what we found was out that there was a trend just about everyone had had a client picked up at the motel 6 but couldn't figure out what was leading to this. there was a lot of rumors circulating when being that individual front desk clerks were getting paid $200 a pop to turn people over to i.c.e. so we found out that actually the hotel was turning over their entire guest list to i.c.e. every night. >> was this a single hotel or a single motel i should say, a single facility, area, are we
i would dispute the report that they are low paying. i think that you look at the various types of jobs that are available in a hotel. they range from certainly management to the front of the house, the front desk clerks and then the back of the house, the house keepers. the food and beverage employees. so there are also a number of perks that come with those jobs like many hotels offering the ability to have a meal while during their shift. so it's not just about the paycheck, itself, but a number of perks that come with 'job in the hospitality sector. >> scott, do any of these seasonal jobs end up becoming permanent? >> certainly. i would tell you, i'm speaking to you from south florida. the summer used to be the low