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Tom Tancredo: It is interesting to note also that during this entire hour when we have talked about jobs and when we have talked about…

On the recordFebruary 24, 2004
It is interesting to note also that during this entire hour when we have talked about jobs and when we have talked about the fact that American workers, even those that are employed, are making less than they were before, that wage rates have been depressed throughout the country, which is undeniably true for people who are low skilled, and it is also the case for hundreds of thousands of Americans who have been displaced from high-tech jobs because of the number of people who have come into this country under H-1B visas. And it is also true that we are facing a crisis, I think, in our system and in our economy. The economy grows, but jobs do not. Job growth is not there, and the jobs that we are seeing being developed are jobs that by and large are not going to Americans.
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Tom Tancredo
Colorado

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Discussing the impact of outsourcing and H-1B visas on American jobs and wages.

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