The problem with Obama's immigration plan - CNN.com

The problem with Obama's immigration plan - CNN.com: "Editor's note: Steven A. Camarota is director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies, a research organization that favors lower immigration levels. His most recent studies are 'Welfare Use by Immigrant Households with Children' and 'Immigrant Gains and Native Losses in the U.S. Job Market, 2000 to 2010.'
Washington (CNN) -- In his speech Tuesday, President Obama was right to call for reform of our broken immigration system. But the president's plan to create a 'pathway to citizenship' (translation: amnesty) for 10 million to 12 million illegal immigrants and increase legal immigration is not only out of touch with economic reality, it repeats the mistakes of the past.
The president seems to believe there is a shortage of workers. Yet the April jobs report looked terrible, particularly for the young and less educated, who compete directly with illegal immigrants at the bottom of the labor market. For example, unemployment was nearly 15% for those age 25 and older without a high school diploma and 25% for teenagers (16 to 19)."

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