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Riley Moore: “They have created the incentive structure for these people…”

Featuring: Riley Moore, Republican | U.S. House West Virginia, District 2

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Can A Republican Be Pro-Union? Congressman Riley Moore | Better Bad Ideas | Ep. 66

Published | Video Starts at 39:22

It was a little sad because, you know, you get, you get used to seeing someone every day. But again, you get back to these employers. There's no consequences for them. No, there's not. And there should be because They have created the incentive structure for these people to come here because they're allowed to work here illegally undercut the American worker and their wages. which has been going on now for decades. And we pretend like it's, like it's not a thing. It is definitely a thing. (39:22–39:32)

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Asserts that employers create incentives for illegal work, undermining American workers and wages.

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