In an interview aired Friday on Bloomberg's “Wall Street Week,” Steve Ratner, who served as an adviser to the Treasury secretary in the Obama administration, said President Joe Biden “wanted people to go back here from the 19th century.” He told me that he wanted me to come.” On his first day in office, the result is that 3 million people a year now cross the southern border through a crazy and convoluted system. ”
“We're legally admitting 1 million people a year, but if we just want to maintain our population based on birth rates, we have to admit 4 million people a year, or the population will start to decline,” Ratner said. I guess so.'' So we need these people. The unemployment rate is 3.7%. They're not going to take away American jobs. But it is the most divisive political issue. And frankly, President Biden didn't say open borders, but he made it clear from the first day of his inauguration that he wanted people to come back here. As a result, 3 million people a year now cross our southern border and pass through our crazy, complex system. So Republicans have no political incentive to actually solve this problem. Biden owns it. This country, including the Democratic Party, is very dissatisfied with our immigration policy. And there is a possibility that an agreement will be reached in Congress. I think there will be an announcement this week, but I'm not very optimistic that it will pass.”
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