As the GOP kabuki theatre on stopping Obama’s illegal executive order plays out in Washington, D.C., this writer must report that his prediction that some Republicans would move to expand the low-priced foreign workforce in 2015 is already coming true. They have had control of Congress for less than a month.
Republican Sens. Marco Rubio, Orrin Hatch and Jeff Flake have thrown in with three Senate Democrats to satisfy the addiction for cheap foreign labor in the tech industry, howling that it is “undeniable” that there is a shortage of tech workers.
This is complete, demonstrable and undeniable baloney.
Gang-Rubio has orders to increase the H1B visa quota, which already displaces American science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) workers and has resulted in depressing wages for American workers. Rubio thinks Americans have already forgotten his 2013 amnesty-again effort.
To deal with the onslaught of shameless lies that are being circulated by the tech industry about a “worker shortage,” we recommend that readers try noodling this one out for themselves. Using the natural laws of supply and demand, labor shortages produce higher demand and therefore higher wages. One more time: Real wages in the tech industry are going down, not up.
We should hope for conservative Georgia Sens. Johnny Isakson and David Perdue to soon assure us that they will have no part of enlarging the foreign tech worker labor pool to satisfy the greed of the Mark Zuckerburg-led tech lobby.
Meanwhile, the Republican-controlled Georgia state Legislature is back in session, and the governor has announced his legislative agenda and goals. In a state with more illegal aliens than Arizona, don’t expect leadership to utter a peep about attacking the crime of illegal immigration.
For those who may not have seen the memo, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce has made another amnesty and expanding legal immigration its No. 1 priority for 2015. That -- and the fact that the huge majority of Georgia media is pro-amnesty -- is all one needs to know about the state leadership’s silence on protecting American jobs and wages from the victims of borders who march in our streets.
But there are brave and determined pro-enforcement conservative legislators under the Gold Dome who are willing to work to protect the rule of law and Georgia’s jobs and benefits. One of these Republican patriots is state Sen. Josh McKoon, who represents Columbus. He is also chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
McKoon is the sponsor of Senate Bill 6 which, along with several other goals, is aimed directly at stopping the current practice of issuing Georgia drivers licenses to illegal aliens to whom Emperor Obama has promised “deferral” on deportation along with jobs through work permits and real Social Security numbers.
“Georgia should not become another California because of the refusal of the Obama administration to faithfully execute its constitutional obligation to enforce our laws. I am certain that the majority of Georgia voters would take a dim view of the General Assembly deferring to the president’s judgment on illegal executive amnesty and rewarding illegal aliens with a Georgia driver’s license and other public benefits,” says McKoon in a news release for his important bill.
It should be stated over and over again: Illegal aliens who have or may obtain “deferred action” status are still illegal aliens. They do not have legal status.
A note to my Republican friends who work so hard to elect GOP candidates but seldom get into the weeds of the governing process: As a marker on how far left the Republicans in the state Legislature have drifted, try to imagine any candidate running as a “conservative” 10 years ago when the GOP took over the majority in Georgia campaigning on a promise to grant Georgia drivers licenses to illegal aliens -- or creeping away and demurring on helping to stop that California-like practice.
And please understand that an illegal alien has zero chance of obtaining a drivers license in Mexico. Along with refusing to allow voters a chance to decide on amending the state constitution to make English the official state language of government, last year a bill to stop rewarding illegals with a drivers license was defeated in the super-majority GOP-controlled state Senate.
The plan from here is to keep you informed on who’s who and doing what in these adventures in the coming months. Stay tuned.
King is president of the Georgia-based Dustin Inman Society. He is not a member of any political party. Twitter:@DAKDIS.