Gutierrez champions new immigration reform bill

Roy Beck, executive director of NumbersUSA in Washington, called the bill’s timing a tactical error, predicting the bad economy would derail it.

“At a time when we have this incredible unemployment, when we have a mismatch of the number of workers in this country with the number of jobs, it’s just incredible to introduce legislation that will increase the number of workers by importing more (immigrant) workers,” said Beck, whose group advocates reducing all forms of Immigration.

Beck conceded, however, that he supports one bill provision that requires employers using special-skills visas to prove they tried to hire Americans before bringing in more foreign workers. http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/12/gutierrez-champions-new-immigration-reform-bill.htmlBy Antonio Olivo — Chicago Breaking News Center