Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) said during an interview over the weekend that the U.S. needs to crack down on illegal immigration but also needs to have legal immigration.
Lawler’s remarks, which he made during a Sunday interview on ABC News, come after intense debate erupted on social media about legal immigration, specifically surrounding high-skilled foreign labor.
“Number one, we all agree we need to secure the border,” Lawler said on “This Week.” “We’ve had a disaster under Joe Biden, 10.5 million migrants flood into the country. Billions of dollars wasted of taxpayer money in New York, for instance, on free housing, clothing, food, education and healthcare for illegal immigrants. So the current system is broken. We need to secure the border. We all agree with that. That has to be priority number one.”
“But here’s a reality that we have to deal with. By the end of the…
