‘Gang of Eight’ immigration bill draws mixed reviews

When Roy Beck finally saw the details of an immigration deal brokered by a bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday, the outspoken opponent of granting legal status to the nation’s unauthorized immigrants had a hard time finding the right words to express himself.”I just never expected the bill to be this bad,” said Beck, executive director of NumbersUSA, a group that helped sink the last attempt to change the nation’s immigration laws in 2007 and is trying to do the same this time.Aside from opening the door to legal status for the nation’s estimated 11 million unauthorized immigrants, Beck says the bill adds even more competition for unemployed Americans by bringing in a huge influx of foreign workers through visas for high-tech and low-skilled workers.”Every politician that has run for office over the last 10 years has said, ‘Jobs. Jobs are number one.’ And yet, everything in this bill is about bringing in more people to compete for American jobs,” Beck said. “This whole bill is written as if the nation is in the throes of a terrible labor shortage.”http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/04/16/senate-immigration-bill-reactions/2087899/By Alan Gomez in USA Today