DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley confronted American Immigration Council Senior Fellow Aaron Reichlin-Melnick during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday about how flooding the job market with illegal immigrants benefits Americans.
Melnick previously stated in October that mass deportations would be detrimental to many American industries, including hospitality, construction and agriculture. During a hearing on President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation policy, Hawley argued during a heated exchange with Melnick that Democrats plan to continue hurting the economy and allowing wages to go down by allowing illegal immigrants to be part of the American workforce.
“Why would you want American citizens and those who are here lawfully to have to compete against illegal immigrants who, by the way, are not always paid minimum…
