Friedberg proposes two separate programs for highly skilled workers, citing Operation Paperclip which recruited 1,600 German scientists between 1945-1959.
“Well, I think there should be two separate programs for what we could call highly skilled workers.”
Friedberg reports Florida farmers pay $5-10 over minimum wage for H-2A workers but can't attract Americans despite government subsidies.
“And by the way, these farmers and these farm businesses are being heavily subsidized by the government.”
Friedberg says removing longtime taxpaying immigrants without a path to citizenship risks civil war.
“I don't know how you're gonna do it. I don't know how you're gonna do it without inciting a civil war.”
Friedberg criticizes Democrats for offering free healthcare to illegal border crossers while American families struggle with healthcare costs, calling it foolish at every level.
“The value system — you have American families suffocating under health care costs, and you're talking about free health care to having crossed the border illegally... at every level that was foolish by the party.”