Republican presidential primary candidate Nikki Haley, a former ambassador to the United Nations, has the backing of Wall Street billionaires who tend to flood the domestic labor market with foreign workers.
On January 30th, the true identities of Wall Street billionaires will be revealed. host New York City Fundraiser for Haley. Tickets to attend start at $3,300 and go up to $33,200.
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Among the fundraiser's co-sponsors are billionaires Cliff Asness, Stanley Druckenmiller, Henry Kravis and Ken Langone. Economist Glenn Hubbard said, black rockis also co-sponsoring a fundraising event.
The billionaires' support for Haley comes as she seeks to restore former President George W. would allow states to determine legal immigration levels based on whether they want to employ foreign workers rather than U.S. workers.
Already, the United States admits more than 1 million legal immigrants each year on green cards and another 1 million on temporary work visas, mostly blue-collar American jobs. This historically high level of legal immigration brought the nation's foreign-born population to a record 49.5 million.
RJ Howman, director of the National Immigration Enforcement Center (NICE), said: “Nikki Haley may have an 'R' after her name, but she is left-leaning on immigration policy and wants to bring back real immigration enforcement. I don't trust that,” he told Breitbart News.
“She refuses to even call illegal aliens 'criminals' because that's what they are. A vote for Nikki Haley means illegal aliens and cheap foreign labor against Americans.” “It's a return to the Bush-era amnesty for people who have lost their lives,” Howman said. “This is an 'America Last' approach to immigration.”
Billionaire supporters of Ms. Haley want Wall Street to inflate the nation's labor market to keep wages down in the United States, maintain high housing demand, and maintain jobs filled with workers with no bargaining power. They have vested interests in immigration policy, including lobbying.
2017, Asness I participated Other business leaders implored then-President Donald Trump to overturn the constitutional travel ban and instead enact legal immigration policies to support corporate lobbies.
We strongly urge you to reconsider your policy of giving special treatment to certain Muslim-majority countries. Conduct a quick and honest review of your security screening procedures, preferably maintaining existing policies. Raise the arbitrary cap on the number of refugees allowed into the United States.and Establish policies and strong refugee resettlement programs that recognize the economic importance of immigration It is consistent with the enduring values on which this country was founded. [Emphasis added]
Meanwhile, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's FWD.us is campaigning for more general immigration to the United States and amnesty for illegal immigrants. count as Drakkenmiller one of them Economically a “major contributor”.
As recently as August 2023, Kravis between The biggest names on Wall Street have signed on to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's (D) effort to force U.S. taxpayers to bail out New York, a sanctuary state from illegal immigrants.
The goal of Hochul's efforts was to make it easier for border crossers and undocumented immigrants to find work by providing them with medical services, housing vouchers, and free public transportation.
During her campaign, Haley parroted Mr. Hubbard's immigration policies. Haley has said several times that the federal government should give green cards to foreign students who can enroll in American universities upon graduation.
This policy would further ensure foreign competition for young American graduates in the white-collar labor market.hubbard called The policy was “a given” in 2019, when he was dean of Columbia University's Graduate School of Business.
Half of Columbia University's students are not American.I want to see them all working in my country, not because I'm a saint, but because I'm selfish. I want the smartest people in the world to work here. I think this is easy for people with higher education in this country, such as MBAs, engineers, doctors, etc. [Emphasis added]
As Breitbart News reported in 2016, then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton supported the same policy.
While Haley was raking in money on Wall Street, Trump was winning support from NICE.
“President Trump has demonstrated his dedication to the brave members of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) who enforce our laws and protect our country,” Howman told Breitbart News. was founded for that purpose,” he told Breitbart News about his support.
“President Trump will ensure that ICE actually enforces the law, rather than being forced to ignore it,” Howman said. “Under his leadership, ICE can finally return to its original enforcement role and make our country safer and more secure.”
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Please email jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.
