Immigrant Workers Are Necessary

Filed in archive Latin News on March 27, 2007

Finally, somebody said something about immigration that actually makes sense. U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said in san antonio on Thursday:

"U.S. businesses need more immigrant workers because the native work force is growing too slowly to fill all the jobs."

"The U.S. work force in the 25-to-54 age range is growing at a rate of only 0.3 percent a year. That is not enough," Gutierrez said, "to sustain the 3 percent annual economic growth rate that is considered healthy."

He also said "Immigration is an economic necessity."

Read the full story at San Antonio Express-News: Immigrants called a 'necessity'

Via: Bilingual Life