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Result of this historic flow of unskilled immigration, a shift in wealth from the working class to wealthier corporations and businesses, and it's been very unfair for american workers, but especially for immigrant workers, african-american workers, and hispanic workers, and blue-collar workers in general across the country. at the same time, it's cost taxpayers enormously because roughly half of immigrant-headed households in the united states receive some type of welfare benefit, which i know is a fact that many people might consider astonishing but it's not surprising when you have an immig...

Act will help ensure that new comers to our wonderful country will be assimilated and will succeed and achieve the american dream. i'd like now to invite senator cotton and purdue to say a few words. thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. president, very excited to be here to be introducing the new version of the raise act. our legal immigration system should accomplish two main goals. it should help american workers get a decent pay raise and have a higher standard of living and promote economic growth and make america more competitive in the world. our current system simply doesn't do that. ...

The most important question when it comes to the u.s. immigration system is who gets a green card. a green card is the golden ticket of u.s. immigration. every year we issue a million green cards to foreign nationals from all the countries of the worl, but we do have without regard to whether that applicant has demonstrated the skill that can add to the u.s. economy, whether they can pay their own way or be reliant on wealth fair or whether they'll displace or take a job from an american worker. and as a result of this policy in place now for many years, we've seen significant reductions in wa...

Promise, that he would cut down on illegal immigration, and would target skilled workers to try to build up the american workforce to make it more robust and effective, that's part of the messaging you'll hear a half hour from now. >> i do find this stunning, today mike bloomberg joined on "morning joe" and talking about small business growth in the united states. one of the things that helps drive small businesses is immigrants, immigrant workers both low skilled and higher skilled. if you look across low skilled jobs, so many visa applications are out there whether you're talking in the hosp...

Cross the border illegally. it's not worth the risk and expense and the difficulties of coming to the united states without legal status. >> between 2009 and 2016, the obama administration deported 3 million undocumented immigrants. the current trump administration has conducted a surge of arrests. the national bureau of economic research says removing all unauthorized farm workers would hit u.s. agriculture with more than $19 billion in losses. that's a 9% decline in output. >> we're going to continue to need immigrant workers to continue that reality, otherwise we're going to be importing mo...