This is a very interesting exchange between Laura Ingraham and George Will that illustrates the split within the GOP elites, which Will is a part of and the base of the party, which is represented by Laura.
Mediaite reports conservative radio host Laura Ingraham battled the rest of the Fox News Sunday panel over immigration, arguing that immigration reform and current enforcement of immigration laws were weakening the American workforce, even as her fellow panelists countered that reform would bolster the economy.
“I think what we’re seeing here is a split inside the Republican Party between two staunch conservatives,” host Chris Wallace said, going on to ply Ingraham with a Wall Street Journal editorial that called flinching on reform “de facto amnesty.”
“As far as I can tell, the Wall Street Journal is on the side of Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Barack Obama, Pat Leahy and La Raza,” Ingraham said. “I think they should put down their dogeared copy of Fountainhead and live in the real world…Do we care about American workers at all?”
“You’re the one who’s arguing the AFL-CIO argument,” Will said, noting that the
“economic dynamism” aided by immigrants would help sustain the American workforce.
“So why have a border at all?” Ingraham said. “There is no will to enforce the border.
There is no faith in this administration to do it. The Republican elites and the Democratic elites agree, and the people are revolting across this country.”More here
I strongly disagree with George Will assertion that the United States is losing out in the battle for human capital. That’s a bunch of malarkey because the U.S. is the number one place destination immigrants from around the world want to come BECAUSE of our system.
