[Breitbart] The president of one of the largest unions in the United States is praising President Donald Trump’s plans to reform immigration policies.During Trump’s joint address to the Congress, he called for a merit-based legal immigration system, saying that the current law allowing extended-family chain migration hurts American workers and drives wages down.
In an interview with the Fox Business Network, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said his union has been talking about this problem with legal immigration for years, hinting at support for the plan.
"This was the first time the president has talked about legal immigration being used to drive down wages," Trumka told Fox Business. "We’ve been saying that for a long time."
Trumka said he was "particularly surprised" that Trump mentioned the problems with legal immigration, as he has in the past largely focused on ending illegal immigration, which is also seen as a strain on the labor market.