Democratic presidential contender Elizabeth\nWarren is blasting U.S. companies that ship jobs abroad while the self-styled\n\u201ceconomic patriot\u201d leaves the door wide open for illegal aliens to work here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA lot of giant companies\nrefer to themselves as \u2018American.\u2019 But let\u2019s face it, they only have one real\nloyalty: Their shareholders. A Warren administration will halt the hollowing\nout of American cities and create good American jobs,\u2019\u2019 Warren tweeted<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Massachusetts senator\nsingled out Levi Strauss, General Electric and \u201cthe maker of the famous No. 2\npencil\u201d for moving jobs out of the U.S. She\u2019s not wrong about that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Warren also assailed\nWashington, D.C., politicians who \u201callow companies to call the shots on trade\nagreements and the tax code.\u201d She\u2019s not wrong about that either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But in failing to address\nimmigration and border security, Warren is only half right, and her allegedly patriotic\nagenda collapses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For all her bold hyperbole\nabout protecting American jobs, the senator has been unclear<\/a> and evasive about her position on E-Verify<\/a>, the government\u2019s internet-based system that vets\napplicants\u2019 eligibility to work in this country legally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Without mandatory E-Verify screening<\/a>, the U.S. remains a jobs magnet for low-wage\nillegal workers. The presence of so much cheap labor drives down the wages that\nemployers are willing to pay American employees. In 2017, the Pew Research Center<\/a> estimated 7.6 million illegal aliens were in the U.S. civilian\nworkforce. <\/strong>That figure would surely rise in a Warren\nadministration.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n