Norquist: Immigration is good for the GOP

“Grover is an extremely effective lobbyist … [and] the thing about Grover is that he has clients who make big money off of immigration,” said Roy Beck, founder of advocacy group NumbersUSA, a non-partisan group which helped derail previous efforts to expand immigration. “Grover is going to do everything in his power to prevent America having a middle class … it appears he thinks oligarchy is a better way to go. … You can’t have a Republican Party when you have a voting base that is impoverished and needs government assistance.”“As long as folks like Grover are flooding the labor market to suppress wages and keep the poor poor, poor Hispanics are going to vote Democratic. … If you need a safety net, you’re going to vote for a safety net,” said Beck.Norquist normally pushes “for low taxes and small government, but when it comes to immigration, he always supports [economic] principles that result in larger government,” said Beck.“There is nothing that NumbersUSA has ever said, written or supported that would reduce the U.S. population,” he told TheDC. ”Grover is for hire. Grover goes where the money takes him. If an American employer can pay someone a dollar a hour, of course he will, and that means we Americans will live at third-world standards.”The NumbersUSA founder also said he has public opinion on his side. A January Rasmussen poll of 1,000 likely voters reported that 83 percent believe it is very or somewhat important to “improve border enforcement and reduce illegal immigration.”“Guess who will not be making those wages? Grover!” Beck said. “Because he’s a gun for hire. … It is only the average working American that he doesn’t give a damn about, even if they’re completely impoverished and living at third-world standards.” http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/04/immigration-advocate-grover-norquist-a-gun-for-hire-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-american-workers/By Neil Munro in The Daily Caller