US Chamber of Commerce Pres: Pass Amnesty Now Before It
Gets Tougher
by Tony Lee 24 Feb 2014, 9:53 AM
PDT
Saying the political landscape
will not be more conducive to amnesty
legislation in two or four years, U.S.
Chamber of Commerce President Tom
Donohue wrote on Monday that immigration
reform must happen now.
Donohue has previously said that
the U.S. Chamber of Commerce would "pull out all the stops" to get
immigration reform this year. The group reportedly plans to spend $50 million
to blunt the influence of the Tea Party, largely because it opposes amnesty,
and millions more to push for immigration reform legislation that the
Congressional Budget Office has said would lower the wages of American workers.
Donohue wrote that "a system
in which more than 11 million undocumented immigrants are living and working in
our communities in de facto amnesty is indefensible" and claimed that
"immigrants do not typically compete with Americans for jobs" and
"serve as a complement to U.S.-born workers and can help fill labor
shortages across the skill spectrum and in key sectors."
He claims that "support for
reform has never been stronger" even though Gallup found that only three percent of
Americans view it as a top issue. He also said amnesty proponents "include
lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, as well as labor, business, law
enforcement, ethnic organizations, religious groups, and the high-tech
industry" without mentioning that many of these groups are front-groups
supported by left-wing donors like George Soros.
"There will never be a
perfect time for reform. The political landscape isn’t going to be any more
conducive to reform in two years or four years," he wrote. "The case
for immigration reform is clear. The need is undeniable. The time is now."
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) has
repeatedly emphasized that big-business interests want immigration reform
legislation to get cheaper labor at the expense of the those in America's
working class that are struggling in Obama's economy.
“House leaders should support—not
ignore—the immigration officers pleading for help,” Sessions has said. “They
should stand with—not against—unemployed American workers. And they should
expose—not join—the president’s campaign to pass an immigration plan that will
hollow out our shrinking middle class.”
Amnesty proponents have a sense of
urgency after momentum for the House GOP leadership's "immigration
principles" stalled after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) blasted it as amnesty.
Democrats who want amnesty like Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and Sen. Chuck
Schumer (D-NY) have said that this year is the last chance for amnesty
legislation to pass.
U.S.
Chamber of Commerce
Thomas J. Donohue
is the president & CEO for the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce, and a trustee emeritus at the Hudson Institute (think tank).
Note: Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Hudson Institute (think tank), Amnesty
International, and the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Klaus Kleinfeld is a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), a director at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference
participant (think tank).
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a senior
counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer
& Feld, LLP, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s
great uncle, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think
tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Valerie B. Jarrett
is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior
adviser for the Barack Obama
administration, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago,
Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Lee
H. Hamilton is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a co-chair at the Independent Task Force on Immigration and
America's Future.
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