August 4, 2006

Immigration in the National Interest?
Sessions Raises the Real Issue

"We need to throw out this system and develop a new system of immigration that serves America's national interests, our legitimate interests as a nation."
Lou Dobbs Tonight - CNN - August 3
Pilgrim: Senator Sessions, you wrote an op-ed in yesterday's "Washington Times" which we'd like to refer to. It criticizes the Pence-Hutchinson immigration reform proposal. And so we'll bring this up and take some of your points. You criticized the plan on four key points. You say it will allow for a virtually unlimited number of immigrants to come to the United States.
It favors low-skilled workers. It provides more preferences for the eight NAFTA and CAFTA countries over the rest of the world. And it gives no preference for English language or employment skills that help make immigrants a success to our economy. Are you concerned that this sort of a compromise plan may be the way it goes?
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