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Immigrants into the country, you say to protect the jobs of u.s. workers, the bill would cut the rate of legal immigration in half. and here s what the chamber of commerce has to say about your bill, quote, dramatically increasing levels won t raise the standard of living for americans, in fact, it will likely accomplish the opposite making it harder for businesses, communities, and our overall economy to grow, prosper, and create jobs for american workers. what s your response? jake, we ve had 40 years of mass migration in this country, the number of foreign-born persons in this country has not quadrupled in the 1970s. i don t think it s a coincidence in that time people with the high school degree or less have seen their wages fall. that s because when you have more unscaled and low skilled workers coming into this country, of course it s going to put pressure on working class wages, and it s going to take jobs away from some working americans. i think there s broad consensus that ....
State, perry is seeing the political stars align, taking on the president on an issue, immigration that sources close to perry tell cnn caused him the most political damage during his last run for president. i don t think you have a heart. reporter: defending state funded tuition for illegal imgraduates turned off gop primary voters, and allowed the nominee to take a devastating shot at perry. you say you have the experience, it s a bit like saying the college coach that s lost 40 games in a row has the experience to go to the nfl. reporter: who can forget one of the most memorable gaffes in modern political history? commerce, and let s see, i can t, the third one, i can t, sorry. oops. reporter: perry told the lead earlier this year, back surgery and pain medication were to blame. anyone who watched that campaign knows a very humbling time for me. reporter: this is the new rick perry, openly trying to ....
About this issue that is stretched from the halls of congress all the way to the town of california where protesters forced bus loads of detained imgraduates to reroute to san diego. and also in a piece for time magazine, reverend, you said quote, the church cannot be silent as angry groups of people stoking flames of fear scream at buses filled with children and women. intelligent and well meaning people can disagree on the best way forward to this humanitarian and immigration crisis. all will agree that screaming at children caught in an inescapable web of international relations, construction, human traffickers, and stagnation on immigration reform isn t the way forward. when you see this, what are your thoughts. well my thoughts are, brianna, first, thanks for covering this, is that we can do better. we can do better as a nation. the evangelical community, we have a scripture to welcome the ....