The business lobby wins on unskilled guest workers

By Timothy P. Carney

Published December 22, 2015 10:35pm ET

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The business lobby wins on unskilled guest workers — "We're forcing the president to confront the failures of this law once and for all," Ryan's statement said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

To boost the population of low-skilled foreign workers in the United States, congressional leaders included in the recent 2,000-page omnibus spending bill an unrelated policy rider sought by the business lobby.

Who put the immigration measure in the must-pass year-end spending bill that was negotiated in secret? That’s still a mystery. But here’s the story as we know it.

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