Hotels are begging to get those unskilled workers Tom says are unemployable
"We're working with the governor [Pritzker] and with leaders across the U.S. trying to get immigrants visas so we can put them to work," Illinois Restaurant Association president Sam Toia tells Axios.
Restaurant industry begs government for faster work permits
“We would welcome the opportunity to hire from this pool of people if they were able to get working papers, but that’s so hard to do, and the wait is so long,” said Melissa Fleischut, president and CEO of the New York State Restaurant Association
Farmers beg government to get immigrants working permits.
Farmers across the U.S. are joining a push for national immigration reform that they say could ease labor shortages and lower food prices as surging production costs continue to rock the agriculture industry.
Red State governors beg FEDS to increase immigration to fill labor shortages
“It’s kind of a misconception that only certain types of industries are utilizing employment-based visas — like for farm workers or for agriculture. It really is across the board,” El-Deiry said. “It’s not a narrow type of worker that we’re looking at for employment-based programs. It’s both skilled and unskilled labor. It’s those that are filling essential roles or essential jobs within within our state’s economy.”
In other words - our resident xenophobes are completely full of shit as usual.