The head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce used a speech this week to call for the doubling of legal immigration into the United States as well as a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants who came to the country as children.
"So, who wants to put their talent to work and pursue their dreams in a dynamic economy flush with opportunity? Immigrants of every skill level. Where are they going to go? The U.S. or Canada? Let’s make it Austin or Boston, Atlanta or Denver, or any of the countless U.S. destinations in search of top talent," she said.
"We must double the number of people legally immigrating to the U.S. And we must create a permanent solution for the 'dreamers' – those young men and women who know no other home and who contribute to their communities, but whose legal status is in limbo," she said. Hiring signs are posted outside a gas station in Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, May 5, 2021.
"Dreamer" is an activist-preferred term to refer to illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children, many of whom were given temporary protection under the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. There have been a number of pushes inThe Chamber of Commerce has long been seen as a
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