‘Freeze’ on immigration urged to put Americans back to work

Published January 14, 2025 4:04pm ET



President-elect Donald Trump is being urged to freeze legal and illegal immigration to help Americans get back to work.

Citing census and Labor Department reports showing that most new jobs are going to foreign-born workers, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) on Tuesday said America should fully stop illegal immigration and letting another 3 million legal immigrants into the United States until the country figures out how to get Americans into those jobs.

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