Alexander Acosta: “This needs to be solved. And the longer Congress waits to address this, the more expensive it is going to get.”

I think this puts the American people in a really difficult situation because every year they ask, 'Are we going to get our visas? Are we not going to get our visas?'

Our economy needs workers. For the first time since we've been keeping this data, we have more open jobs than we have individuals looking for jobs.

These individuals served their Nation and they deserve not just to be treated with respect, but they deserve to have a job when they arrive here.

So Congressman, I think it's important to recognize, we are not eliminating or doing away with registered apprenticeships. We're creating an alternative for those industries that have found that registered apprenticeship programs don't…