Anonymous ID: 8289e1 March 16, 2019, 7:05 p.m. No.5728609   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Searched through previous breads and Tom Donahue of US CoC comes up few times…

 

https://www.intrepidexecutivegroup.com/blog/u-s-chamber-of-commerce-takes-a-dangerous-position/

 

The national chamber is one of the nations loudest advocates for amnesty for people who broke the law entering the U.S.

Chamber President Tom Donohue even went so far as to warn the Republican Party on May 12 not to bother running a candidate for president in 2016 absent support from the congressional GOP for immigration “reform,” a term that has become synonymous with amnesty in recent months.

Why the chamber and other business interests support amnesty so vociferously is quizzical. The conventional wisdom is that business wants cheap labor. It’s a cynical argument but one that contains a grain of logic, and cheap labor would certainly be one of the byproducts of amnesty.

But the future economic and political failout of amnesty is anathema to business and industry. Bigger government, unsustainable federal spending, a growing welfare state and an electorate to perpetuate it hold the potential to doom the free-market system that the chamber has historically encouraged.

Amnesty would be a disaster for the federal budget. The taxpayer cost of amnesty for the estimated 11.5 million illegal immigrants currently in the U.S. is a staggering $6.3 trillion, according to a 2013 Heritage Fondation study. The group’s research shows that illegal immigrant are likely to receive three times more money in government benefits than they would pay in taxes.

How this level of government spending helps promote free-market commerce is baffling.

Amnesty would also be a disaster by growing the American welfare state. There are certainly some illegal immigrants in the U.S. who possess the education and skills to complete and advance in professional careers, but most do not. Census Bereau data show that the typical illegal immigrant is 34 years old, has a 10th-grade education and an annual income of less than $25,000. Amnesty would qualify millions of people for scores of means-tested welfare programs and would stretch welfare spending to the breaking point.

 

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2017/09/01/u-s-chamber-of-commerce-admits-it-stands-against-president-trump-on-immigration/

 

This is far from the only time Johnson has spoken out in opposition to Trump’s stated stance on limiting immigration. Last month, for instance, Johnson said the Chamber opposes reductions in immigration.

 

 

“Dramatically reducing overall immigration levels won’t raise the standard of living for Americans,” he exclaimed

 

“In fact, it will likely accomplish the opposite, making it harder for businesses, communities and our overall economy to grow, prosper and create jobs for American workers,” Johnson said.

 

In 2016, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce also released a booklet purporting to bust the “myths” about illegal immigrants. It was released under Johnson’s name and decried the “indiscriminate targeting” of unauthorized immigrants. The booklet ended asserting that illegal immigrants “do not pose a danger to American citizens.”