Democratic strategist Jenna Arnold warned that illegal immigrants are needed in America for tasks such as “picking strawberries.”
On CNN’s “NewsNight with Abby Phillip,” a panel spoke about the Trump administration’s crackdowns on illegal immigrants across the U.S. One topic they debated was how the administration should approach not just the illegal immigrants themselves, but the American employers who are benefiting from their labor.
“If you are trying to actively hire illegal immigrants, if you think that‘s best, if you are trying to game the system, if you are trying to help someone break U.S. federal immigration law, I think if we‘re going to have a true crackdown on illegal immigration in this country, it has to involve everybody who‘s participating in it,” Scott Jennings said. He added that “employers and anyone else who is part of this pipeline, I think they ought to be put on notice. And you got to play by the rules. Everybody has to play by the rules.”
Former Trump White House political director Bill Stephen tried to get ahead of any arguments that the U.S. economy needs illegal immigrants.
Arnold warned that…
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