During an appearance at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference this week in Austin, Texas, U.S. Labor Secretary Martin Walsh told audience members that the current U.S. immigration is hurting American employers and adding to the country’s workforce issues. At a conference panel discussion, Mr. Walsh stated that “the lack of action on immigration reform is only hurting, quite honestly, corporate America,” adding that we “have I think anywhere from 11 to 13 million people in this country that are undocumented, that are working in some shape or form and there should be a pathway for those folks become citizens.”
Julia Gelatt, a senior policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, an immigration think tank based in Washington, D.C, agreed with Mr. Walsh’s assessment. She said that “employers are really scrambling to find workers. We have so many people showing up at the border wanting to live and work in the United States and contribute and if there was a way legally to match those willing workers with willing employers, that would really be to the benefit of everyone.” One suggestion Ms. Gelatt made was to allow for flexibility in the number of visas that are available to U.S. employers each year based upon unemployment rates and hiring needs.
There have been numerous proposals in Congress to reform the U.S. Immigration System, but none has garnered sufficient bipartisan support to become law.
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