Tiana Lowe Doescher, a journalist for The Washington Examiner, claimed that Republicans are “missing the forest for the trees” by opposing H-1B visas for legal refugees. She claimed that these permits just cover a small portion of the unlawful immigrants who enter the country.
On Fox News’s Your World, hosted by Edward Lawrence, Doescher explained,” And just take into account the fact that there is a maximum cap of 85, 000 H-1B visa jobs per year, that works out to be a little more than a quarter million jobs over the course of four years.” ” In the same time, under the leadership of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, 10 million illegal immigrants have entered the country.” So this forest is missing out on for the trees. We’re ignoring the 30 times more immigrants who entered this country illegally, and that must remain the focus while Republicans are infighting over this program that is widely popular, generates a lot of wealth, and generates American jobs.
The House speaker’s election on Friday is another incendiary issue for Republicans, as Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA ) tries to keep the gavel despite some opposition from his fellow lawmakers. Doescher said the Trump endorsement of Johnson on Monday was” a warning” to House Republicans going forward to stop infighting and instead “fight for his agenda.”
In the event that former Rep. and Rep. elect Matt Gaetz (R-FL ) will not participate in the vote, which he said he would skip, and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY ) keeps his word in not voting for Johnson, Republicans can only afford to lose one more vote due to their razor-thin majority in the House. Doescher added that if Johnson isn’t confirmed this Friday, it would only add to the delay in confirming the results of the 2024 election, in which Trump defeated Kamala Harris.
” So the longer the infighting continues, the slower his ability to succeed in pushing that agenda forward is then resulting”, Doescher said.
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Ahead of the speakership vote, Gaetz backed Trump’s endorsement of Johnson, writing on X that future resistance to the speaker is “futile”. In the end, he suggested that Johnson be worked with by House Republicans to “make himself the best version of himself.”
Trump endorsing Johnson is” art of the deal” level practicality.
If a Trump certification was in the balance, we could never have held up McCarthy for concessions two years ago. Now, it does.
Because Republican voters weren’t particularly eager, we were able to hold up McCarthy.
— Matt Gaetz ( @mattgaetz ) December 30, 2024
Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA ) has also made a public statement that he supports Johnson on X, stating that Trump and the speaker would “provide the once in a lifetime change our country needs,” including improved economic conditions and a secure border, two things Trump pushed for prior to the presidential election.
