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Glenn Grothman: “Businessmen in my own district who want a lot more…”

Featuring: Glenn Grothman, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 6

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Immigration Debate: Perspectives from Wisconsin and Chicago

Published | Video Starts at 04:18

It's just everybody on the other side either has a financial interest in it or their interest. When it comes to their extreme worldview of transforming our country, we do have. I hate to say, Businessmen in my own district who want a lot more immigrants above the legal amount because they don't want to give their employees a raise. And I think that's a motive that's going on out here because they know if we get a lot of people here illegally, they'll be able to work for less and they won't have to give the average American a raise. (04:18–04:28)

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Asserts that some businessmen prefer illegal immigration to avoid raising wages.

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