Trump’s Labor Department pick Andy Puzder could be the key on setting immigration policy

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Donald Trump’s pick to the head the Labor Department, CKE Restaurants President Andy Puzder, is a believer in free markets and limited regulation who has backed Trump’s argument that immigrant workers have held down wages.

That view of immigration runs contrary to the wishes of the business lobby, which has long supported comprehensive immigration reform. Not that long ago, Puzder was also more open to pro-immigration policies.

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