"GOP’s 2014 Agenda Should NOT Assist the President"

U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (AL) wrote: According to a recent study, between 2000 and 2013 the number of American workers with jobs declined by more than 1 million even as the population of working-age Americans increased by more than 16 million. During that same time, the number of jobs held by immigrant workers increased more than 5 million.

Bill Kristol recently urged the GOP to abandon this newest immigration push, saying that “the guiding principle should be do no harm.” Instantly legalizing millions of new workers would of course do enormous harm to the struggling and the unemployed.

A Better Agenda: The GOP’s 2014 agenda should NOT be to assist the President in passing his immigration plan. Rather, it should be a consuming focus on restoring hope and opportunity to millions of discouraged workers. The GOP’s 2014 agenda should be a national effort—announced proudly and boldly—to reduce the welfare rolls and get America back to work, including:

*More American energy that creates good-paying jobs right here in the U.S.

*A more competitive tax and regulatory code that allows U.S. businesses and workers to compete on a level global playing field

*A trade policy that increases U.S. exports and expands domestic manufacturing

*An immigration policy that serves the interests of the American people

*Converting the welfare office into a job training center

*Making government leaner and more accountable to U.S. taxpayers

*Restoring economic confidence by continuing our effort to balance the federal budget

An all-out immigration push is inimical to these goals. As Peter Kirsanow, the  Republican appointee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, recently wrote: “The assurances of the [Gang of Eight] bill’s proponents that the bill will somehow help the economy obscure copious evidence that the bill will wreak enormous damage to the employment prospects of American workers who have already seen their wages and employment rates plummet over the last several years.” Why would Republicans want to follow a similar path in the House?

Republicans should fulfill our clear duty to defend the core interests of the American workers who form the backbone of this nation. And they should tell the President’s CEO lobbyists, loudly for all to hear: we don’t work for you; we work for the American people.

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Randy R wrote: "I have worked in Mexico and believe me when I say Mexicans do not love the US. They use the US because they can. They have more rights than we do. Don't get me wrong, I know they need work but Americans need work more. Control of our border is a joke with a handful of border agents trying to handle thousands of miles of border, and it's impossible. This is what I think we should do. Open a military base in every state on the Mexican American border. I'm sure our soldiers had rather serve our country in our country where it is really needed. It's not just illegals that are out of control, its drugs that are smuggled into our country. This is a military size problem not a handful of border patrols' problem. This is a problem that MUST be addressed."

AMERICANS FIRST! Until American jobs RETURN, America will continue to slide into the ABYSS! Fighting for the Keystone Pipeline is good, but NOT enough!!! Bring American manufacturing jobs BACK! Instead of $5.00, I would rather pay $10.00 for an AMERICAN made item! Most foreign made products are dangerous and throwaway JUNK anyway, and we can ALL SURVIVE WITHOUT their THIRD WORLD produced shoddy rubbish!!!

Source: Caroline Talley posted in New Georgia Republican Leadership for Principles above Politicians – facebook page.