In the wake of the pandemic, unemployment is decreasing but millions of Americans are still without work. Representative Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio, has urged President Biden and his administration to prioritize American citizens when it comes to filling job openings.
With the Biden administration looking to employ more migrants in the coming year, Congressman Jordan believes that the first step should be to employ the American people. He believes this would help the economy and ensure that the people of the country are taken care of first.
As the government looks to bolster the economy, it should look to its own citizens and provide them with the opportunity to work.
“Why not just hire AMERICANS looking for jobs?” the Ohio Republican asked in a tweet, responding to a report of the Biden administration’s new plan.
Why not just hire AMERICANS looking for jobs? https://t.co/ZIUwFRPWBN
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) December 21, 2022
On Tuesday, Axios reported President Biden was looking to tackle immigration reform in the coming year and to negotiate with a Republican majority in the House of Representatives.
His plan, according to the report, will include the hiring of more so-called “Dreamers,” or “lawfully present” recipients of the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program or Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act.
According to the report, the Biden administration is looking to tackle two problems with one solution: As up to 14,000 migrants are expected to cross the border daily when Title 42 ends, the Biden administration is looking to get them into the workforce to lower inflation.
Immigration reform is “harder in the divided Congress, but it’s so clearly necessary in light of what we’re seeing in the job market,” Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in a statement to Axios. “The thing that’s underpinning inflation still — that’s driving inflation still — is this tight labor market.”
“Immigration is a lever,” she added. “We’re down a million immigrants a year. That’s a workforce that we need.”
The incoming Speaker of the House, presumably Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., will set the legislative agenda and decide whether or not to pursue immigration reform.
Title 42 was set to expire Wednesday and the courts have it on hold while these clowns fight it out.
Erica Carlin is an independent journalist, opinion writer and contributor to several news and opinion sources. She is based in Georgia.