Denver Mayor Mike Johnston discussed the issue of increasing work permits for migrants without enhanced border security.
He emphasized that the right border policy is beyond his jurisdiction and is a matter for Congress to decide.
Johnston highlighted the importance of allowing individuals arriving in cities to work and stressed the need for a policy that enables them to do so. (Trending: Epstein’s Brother Finally Breaks His Silence)
He also mentioned the support from conservative CEOs to hire these individuals, and expressed openness to Congress’s decisions regarding border admission policy.
“If you do the work permits without actually securing the border, won’t that just incentivize more people to leave their home countries, to try to make that dangerous trip across the border and come here illegally?” Dana Perino asked.
“I think that’s why we’re calling on Congress to take action on what they think the right border admission policy is. That’s above my pay grade. But whether they decide to have 10,000 people enter a day or 5,000 enter a day, the key for us is, when they arrive in our cities, they just need to be able to work,” Johnston said.
“I think there’s nothing more un-American than having someone arrive in your city and beg me every day for the chance to work and us to say, no, no, we won’t let you work, we instead want you to stay here and be supported by taxpayer dollars for not working.”
“These are folks that are hard-working, they’re industrious, they have skills, they want jobs.”
“And I get calls from CEOs every day saying — conservative CEOs — who are saying, I have open jobs, why can’t I hire these folks? Let’s put them to work. And I agree with that sentiment.”
“But why not start at the source? Why not push for a policy change at the border so you can deal with this long before it comes to your city?” Bill Hemmer asked.
“Yeah, again, we’re open to what the Congress decides they want the admissions policy to be. That’s not our decision,” Johnston said.
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