Republicans Set to Battle on Legal Immigration
Business wing of party wants worker visa total increased; populists say jobs are being taken away from Americans
By LAURA MECKLER and KRISTINA PETERSON
Dec. 12, 2016 4:35 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON—The business and populist wings of the Republican Party are set for a battle over the nation’s system of legal immigration, which could prove to be as divisive as the fight over illegal immigrants.
The debate turns on whether foreign workers are an engine of economic growth, as many businesses say, or create unfair competition for Americans.
The question divides the party’s business wing from its surging populist branch. It’s similar to one within the party over free trade, with business interests supporting trade deals and populists now led by President-elect Donald Trump seeing many of them as harmful to American workers.
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