In a wide-ranging interview with the online publication, Vox, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton discussed immigration policy. In the interview, Clinton acknowledges the legitimate concerns of many Americans that their jobs and wages are at risk from illegal immigration and guest worker programs, although she suggests that these concerns are often overblown. (Both the full 40 minute interview and the five-minute segment dealing with immigration are embedded in the Vox story.)<\/p>\n
Clinton seems somewhat sympathetic to skilled U.S. workers who have been displaced by employers who bring in H-1B workers to do their jobs. \u201cThe many stories of people training their replacements from some foreign country are heartbreaking, and it is obviously a cost-cutting measure to be able to pay people less than you would pay an American worker,\u201d Clinton said. She specifically mentioned the case of Disney workers who were forced to replace their H-1B replacements. (The plight of the displaced Disney workers has been <\/span>brought to light by FAIR<\/a> and the Immigration Reform Law Institute.)<\/span><\/p>\n Though she devotes less time discussing the impact on lower skilled American workers, Clinton does acknowledge a hypothetical roofer who is handed his final paycheck and told his services are no longer necessary because a lower wage illegal alien worker is available.<\/span><\/p>\n Throughout the discussion about immigration there are moments when the old Hillary \u2013 the one who, in 2003, told a New York radio host that she was <\/span>\u201cadamantly against illegal immigrants\u201d<\/a> \u2013 appears to surface. But, of course, this is 2016 not 2003, and Clinton believes that pandering to the illegal alien lobby will win her votes in November.<\/span><\/p>\n