Immigration

Census: Immigrant population to double to 78M, 25% of U.S

By Paul Bedard
Published January 4, 2016 11:13pm ET
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Census: Immigrant population to double to 78M, 25% of U.S
In this photo made Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, Ailu Xu, a graduate student from China, posts a sign directing Chinese students to a new student orientation meeting at the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, Texas. The U.S. Census Bureau research shows immigrants from China and India, many with student or work visas, have overtaken Mexicans as the largest groups coming into the U.S. (AP Photo/LM Otero) | LM Otero

Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions on Monday slammed President Obama’s plan to open the floodgates to immigrant workers eligible for worker visas at a time when U.S. firms are dumping higher-wage Americans for lower-wage immigrants.

“The number of aliens authorized to work in the United States each year is limited by law, according to the number of foreign work visas and green cards that are statutorily available. Under this breathtaking executive action, those limits set by Congress are waived,” said Sessions in a statement.

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