LEADERS ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS
AND THE U.S. LABOR SECRETARY
ALL AT THIS EVENT IN DES
MOINES. THE LABOR SECRETARY
SAID THAT EMPLOYERS NEED
IMMIGRANTS. EMPLOYERS WANT
IMMIGRATION REFORM PLAYERS
NEED WORKERS IN PLAYERS THAT
ARE STRONGLY LEANING
REPUBLICAN.
ONE IMMIGRATION REFORM IN
PLAYS STRONGLY AND DEMOCRATS,
ONE IMMIGRATION REFORM. THIS
MANY MEMBERS OF BOTH PARTIES.
THE DEMOCRATS WANT
IMMIGRATION REFORM SUMMIT,
MISSOURI REPUBLICAN PARTY,
BUT AFRAID TO TAKE IT UP
BECAUSE OF THE POLITICS
AROUND. AND I THINK WE HAVE
TO PUT ASIDE THE POLITICS. WE
HAVE 11 MILLION JOB OPENINGS
UNITS. IT'S AMERICA. WE HAVE
5 MILLION PEOPLE ELIGIBLE FOR
THE JOB OPENINGS. IF EVERY
SINGLE ABLE-BODIED WENT TO
WORK TODAY IN AMERICA. WE
HAVE 6 MILLION OPENINGS. WE
CAN'T INVENT. WE CAN CREATE
PEOPLE. SO WE REALLY NEED
IMMIGRATION REFORM. AND I
THINK THAT IS A WAY TO TO DO
IMMIGRATION REFORM THAT ALSO
ADDRESSES THE BORDER.
WE COULD HAVE ALMOST SAID
THAT EXACT SAME ANSWER 15
YEARS YEAH, 50 IS WHAT YOU
HAD A LITTLE BIT OF
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT THAT YOU
CAN GET SOME DEMOCRATS,
REPUBLICANS IN A ROW TO PASS.
I MEAN, I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT
NOW, I DID THE BIGGEST
EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT
INFLATION AND AND IN THE
RECESSION, THE BIGGEST SINGLE
THREAT. MAYA PH, OUR ECONOMY
RIGHT NOW IS IS IS NOT HAVE
ENOUGH WORKERS IS
IMMIGRATION. IF WE DON'T DEAL
WITH IT. THAT WILL BE THAT
WILL BE CHALLENGING THAT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR
COUNTRY YOU CAN'T. WE WILL
HAVE A HARD TIME RECOVERING
FROM BECAUSE RIGHT NOW AS WE
NEED TO GET THE REFORM
PACKAGE IS THROUGH. SO WE GET
THESE PATHWAYS PIPELINES. WE
EDUCATE KIDS IN OUR COLLEGES
IN AMERICA. THE COME FROM
OVERSEAS AND WHEN THEY DIDN'T
INVESTIGATE WE KICK THEM OUT.
THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE
WITH FOR THE ONLY NATION
INDUSTRY EYES NATION. THE
WORLD EDUCATE PEOPLE IN THE
COUNTRY AND WHEN THEY DON'T
TO BE EDUCATED. WE DON'T. THE
MARKET.
NOW, WHILE IMMIGRATION IS
PRIMARILY A FEDERAL MATTER. I
ASKED IF THE STATE COULD ALSO
HAVE A ROLE IN THIS.
I WISH THERE COULD BE. I
REALLY DON'T THINK THERE IS.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW
WE COULD BE DOING IS
EXPANDING. YOU KNOW, THE
NUMBERS OF PIECES THAT WE
HAVE BEEN IN THE NECESSARY
AREAS THAT WE NEED THEM IN
RIGHT NOW. I CAN TALK ABOUT
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS THAT
HAVE BEEN IN MY OFFICE
NONSTOP. YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO
EXPAND IN THAT ARENA.
OBVIOUSLY HE'S TALKED
CULTURE. WE'VE GOT ALL THESE
GREAT PAYING JOBS IN IN
CONSTRUCTION THAT WE JUST
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WORKERS
FOR.
SO IT DOES HAVE TO COME IN
A FEDERAL LEVEL, QUITE
HONESTLY. ARE THERE SOME
THINGS THAT THE STATE COULD
PROBABLY DO. MY GUESS IS YES.
IF THE GOVERNOR REALLY, FELT
THAT, YOU KNOW. IT COULD THAT
SHE WANTED TO. THERE'S NOBODY
LEFT HERE COME TO WORK. DAVE.
I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN SITTING
THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN 3.2 TO 3.7.
UNEMPLOYMENT FOR DECADES,
RIGHT. FOR A LONG TIME. MY
GOODNESS. WHEN I WAS AT THE
STATE OF IOWA WAS RIGHT
AROUND 3.5. WE'RE DOWN TO 2.6
AS THE SECRETARY SAID, WE
JUST DON'T HAVE ANYBODY LEFT.
THERE.
THEY'RE THE FOLKS THAT ARE
WORKING TIME. THEY CAN'T.
WE'RE TAKING CARE OF SOMEBODY
AND THEY DON'T HAVE THAT
OPPORTUNITY. IT IS HAS TO
COME WITH IMMIGRATION REFORM.
I DON'T EVEN THINK OF THE
STATE LEVEL. YOU CAN DO TO
GET TO WHERE WE NEED. THAT'S
WHY THIS HAS TO BE AT A
FEDERAL LEVEL. BUT I TELL
YOU, I'VE SAID THIS TO FOLKS
ALL ALONG. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH
COURAGE IN TOO MANY MEMBERS
OUT IN WASHINGTON TO GET THIS
DONE. I'M WILLING TO COME TO
THE TABLE. SAID THIS SINCE MY
VERY FIRST TRY TO WORK ON IT.
FULL IMMIGRATION REFORM
PACKAGE THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE
WHO ARE COURAGEOUS ENOUGH.
BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID
THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE AN
ELECTION, WHY YOU SHOULDN'T
BE RUNNING FOR OFFICE. AND
THAT'S YOUR CONCERN. WE'RE
CONCERNED SHOULD BE TO DO
WHAT'S RIGHT BY YOUR
CONSTITUENTS. AND AS THE
SECRETARY SAID HERE, IF WE
DON'T FIX THIS, WE'RE
STRUGGLING HERE IN IOWA
BECAUSE WE UNFORTUNATELY ALSO
HAVE A GOVERNOR AND
REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE, YOU
KNOW, THAT DOESN'T WANT TO
PUT THE FUNDING BEHIND OUR
PUBLIC SCHOOLS. YOU KNOW,
THAT DOESN'T WANT TO SUPPORT
OPPORTUNITY FOR OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES. AN EXPANSION FOR
WONDERFUL WAYS TO KEEP YOUNG
PEOPLE HERE. A CULTURAL
EVENTS, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO WE DO WORK ON ALL THOSE
THINGS IN TANDEM. WE'RE GOING
TO STRUGGLE.
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