Show-Me State Times

Today, during a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley from Missouri criticized the Democratic Party's proposal for granting amnesty to illegal immigrants.

Senator Hawley questioned Aaron Reichlin-Melnik, a senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, asking, “Why would you want American citizens and those who are here lawfully to have to compete against illegal immigrants?”

He elaborated on his concerns by stating, “If you’re wondering America, here’s the Democrats plan. Take the thirteen million plus illegals, who are here taking jobs from Americans, taking wages down, taking healthcare benefits, and bring them here legally so that they can continue to drive down wages, flood the labor force, and suppress all of the above.”

Hawley expressed strong opposition to what he described as an ongoing issue: “We’ve had an open border for the last four years. We have had de facto amnesty […] for the last fifteen plus years. It has been a disaster; people have died because of it; wages are lower because of it; our streets are in chaos because of it; and now you and the Democrat party say ‘more of the same, more of the same, let’s double down.’ […] I think that is insanity; it is total insanity and the American people do too,” he concluded.

The full exchange is available online or through a linked video.