'Worst' Job Reports from Feds Today, But Sen. Menendez and Rep. Lofgren Fight for Hundreds of Thousands More Foreign Workers

By Roy Beck, Friday, August 1, 2008

The U.S. Department of Labor today announced some of the worst stats on the fate of American workers in years while Sen. Menendez of New Jersey and Rep. Lofgren of California fought to import hundreds of thousands of additional foreign workers. This morning, Rep. Lofgren shoved her foreign worker bill through the House immigration panel, not allowing amendments to protect American workers; Sen. Menendez last night introduced his bill for 550,000 more foreign workers while continuing to hold hostage a bill to re-authorize the E-Verify system to keep illegal foreign workers from taking Americans' jobs. ....