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Bernie Moreno: “We need to get Americans back to work first before we start…”

Featuring: Bernie Moreno, Republican | U.S. Senate, Ohio

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U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno says President Trump is '100 right on immigration'

Published | Video Starts at 04:34

So, for example, when unemployment was at 3.1%, can we dial up that legal immigration 100%. Right. Especially in low skilled jobs in other areas. However, right now we have a pandemic that's massively affected our working class. We need to get Americans back to work first before we start thinking about bringing more especially low skilled workers into the US. So it's about balancing those two things and making sure that again, the immigration policy works for America. And again, there we have to lead with our brains, we want to lead with our heart. (04:34–04:43)

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Asserts the priority of employing Americans before increasing low-skilled immigration.

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