Republicans Do Biden’s Bidding
This is going to cause some controversy.
In a surprising turns of events, Republican Senator Kevin Cramer said that he is open to the idea of some type of skills-based immigration and asylum system to deal with the current workforce shortages plaguing the United States.
According to Breitbart, Cramer’s comments came after MSNBC’s Chuck Todd asked if Republicans were even willing to have some type of conversation with Democrats about asylum reform and putting together a system that can fill immigrants in jobs that need to be filled.
Cramer responded, “Yeah, I mean, it would obviously have to involve other members on relevant committees, but it was interesting listening to you talk because we have a decent asylum policy that we enacted, and we had a really short-term and long-term workforce shortage, and that ranges from part-time, low skilled to the highest skilled. We need a skills-based immigration policy, and asylum could fit right into that. Right now, if you are an asylum seeker and get into the United States and wait for the processing, you don’t get to work. We have people that need workers, and we have asylum seekers that need income. I think that’s a reasonable discussion that reasonable people on both sides could have.”
Adding, “We have a workforce crisis that opens up the door for a more significant immigration policy discussion, particularly around skills-based.”
He continued, “I think there are enough specific examples, whether it’s physicians, engineers, or laborers in factories or fields, there is a growing demand.”
