Conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly Wednesday made the case for deporting illegal immigrants to save American jobs, noting that it worked so effectively in the 1950s that many left the United States on their own.

In a double-barrelled shot at President Obama’s work visa program, that she said threatens to displace 330,000 high-tech American workers this year with cheaper foreign labor, Schlafly also urged voters to chose only a presidential candidate who promises to curb immigration.