why exactly does america need more immigration? everybody says it does. but do we really? does more immigration help ordinary americans? does it improve the country? or does it just enrich an elite class, the policy making class at the expense of everyone else? very few people are asking that question. but one who is, is michael antone who just wrote a piece in the washington post saying why do we need more people anyway? that is a good question so we are kicking off tonight s special with him. thank you for joining us. thank you for having me. tucker: i m glad you asked this. do we need a there of a million new people in america every year? what was your conclusion? my conclusions let s look at the answers that people give for why and exam them. they don t bear examination. reason number one is we need workers. we have all the jobs and we
is it possible the way governor pence handled it, pivoted away from trump s past talk about immigration help latino voters vote for trump? there are conservative latino voters but huge minority. very small minority. i came to this country legally too. i came by plane and did it legally but i also understand that but for the grace of god go i. i came as 8-year-old girl but could very well have been a another type of girl. had parents not had money to hire lawyers and able to make me legal. i could have been one of the girls who found out at 19 going to college i was illegal. but for the grace of god that wasn t the case.
does immigration help or hurt the united states? 37% say helps. 53% hurts. something has changed in public opinion in recent years. and a majority in your state, mr. mayor, say they support this law. let me, first of all, not understate anything that the mayor has said. this law is wrong. we agree on that. we are going to fight it together and having the mayor of los angeles partner with me is unbelievably a great gesture. we are going to have this i think it is important to note the law doesn t go into effect for 80 days, so i m asking people to wait, allow the justice department to intercede. but let me tell you something, first of all this country was founded on protecting everyone s rights, not just the majority but the minority. that is how come people from england came here from other countries first. so nobody took a poll. number two just in the last 30 days, since this law has been signed by the governor, those numbers have dropped dramatically as people are learning what this
nielsen out of a restaurant earlier this week in downtown washington, activists now showed up at her home. but zoom out for a moment. why exactly does america need more immigration? everybody it does. but do we really? does more immigration help ordinary americans? does it improve the country? or does it just enrich an elite class, the policy making class at the expense of everyone else?heol very few people are asking that question. but one who is, is michael antone who just wrote a piece in the washington post saying why do we need more people anyway? that is a good question so we are kicking off tonight s special with him. thank you for joining us. thank you for having me. tucker: i m glad you asked this. do we need a there of a million new people in america every year? t what was your conclusion? my conclusions let s look at the answers that people give for why and exam them. they don t bear examination. reason number one is we need workers. we have all the jobs and we need