>>> THE 2020 ELECTION IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
TWO MAJOR TOPICS ARE EXPECTED TO
COME FRONT AND CENTER ARE JOBS
AND IMMIGRATIONS.
AND IMMIGRATIONS. HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE RESUMING
THEIR PROTEST OVER THE DREAM ACT
TO GIVE LEGAL STATUS FOR
IMMIGRANTS WHO CAME TO THE
UNITED STATES ILLEGALLY WHEN
THEY WERE KIDS.
>> THIS IS THE THING PEOPLE HAVE
TO REMEMBER.
TO REMEMBER. WE KNOW WE GOT A LOT OF EXISTING
DATA OVER THE YEARS BUT THERE
ARE NEW DATA NOW FROM THE
RESEARCH ORGANIZATION SUGGESTS
THAT IMMIGRANTS ALMOST
UNIVERSELY CREATE A NET BENEFITS
TO EVERY STATE ECONOMY.
JOINING US IS GRANT THORNTON,
DIANE SWONK.
DIANE SWONK. >> THE TOURISM INDUSTRY THAT ARE
NOT ABLE TO FILLED BY WORKERS,
PLACES LIKE MAINE WHICH HAD NO
WORKERS.
WORKERS. ON THE FLIP SIDE OF IT YOU GET
THE REALLY HIGH END AND IT TIES
INTO THIS EDUCATION ISSUE, WE
DON’T DEVELOP A TALENT THAT WE
HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY.
BY DOING THAT, WE DON’T HAVE THE
EDUCATIONAL TAIL THAT WE NEED.
WE NEED IMMIGRANT ON HIGH END.
H 1 BI 1 SAYS WE NEED IMMIGRATIO
REFORM.
REFORM. THESE PEOPLE FILLING POSITIONS
DON’T HAVE ANYONE TRAINED IN THE
UNITED STATES TO FILL.
WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH OF THEM AND
IN HIGH-TECH SECTOR AND BIGGER
HURDLES.
HURDLES. NOT ONLY THEIR APPROVAL RATINGS
GOING DOWN BUT ALSO BIGGER
HURDLE THIS SUMMER, WE START TO
SEE SPOUSES OF IMMIGRANTS NOT
ABLE TO WORK.
>> IF YOU CAN REARRANGE
AMERICA’S POLICIES IN LIGHT OF
OUR JOB, WHAT DO YOU DO?
YOU ARE FROM DETROIT AND YOU SEE
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE ARE MORE
PEOPLE THAN JOBS WHICH IS A
SITUATION WE HAVE IN SOME PARTS
OF THE COUNTRY AND YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT PLACES LIKE
SILICON VALLEY WHERE THERE ARE
FAR MORE JOBS THAN TRAIN PEOPLE.
HOW DO YOU SOLVE THIS PROBLEM SO
THAT AMERICAN ARE NOT
ANTIIMMIGRANTS AND FEEL THAT
THEY ARE GETTING THE FAIR SIDE
OF THE BARBARGAIN.
>> WE HAVE DEVELOPED AN ECONOMY
GENERATING MORE JOBS BUT NOT THE
KIND OF JOB TO TRAIN ANYONE FOR.
TO SAY PEOPLE CAN’T BE TRAINED
IS RIDICULOUS.
IS RIDICULOUS. THESE ARE KIDS DID NOT HAVE THE
BEST NUTRITION AND IF BEST
SCHOOLS AND DO THE BEST IN THE
BEST SCHOOLS WHEN THEY ARE GIVEN
THE OPPORTUNITY.
THE OPPORTUNITY. THERE ARE A LOT OF MYTHS OF WHAT
WE DO WITH OUR OWN TALENT AND
HOW REWE NURTURE IT.
TEACHERS GOING ON STRIKE BECAUSE
THEIR WAGES HAVE LAGGED AND
RESOURCES FOR THEIR KIDS ARE
COMPROMISED.
COMPROMISED. KIDS ONLY GO FOUR DAYS A WEEK IN
SCHOOL IN PLACES BIKELIKE OKLAHO
THIS IS NOT HELPING THE
SITUATION.
SITUATION. THE IMMIGRATION AND THE SKILL
MIX MATCHED BECAUSE WE FAIL TO
INVEST.
INVEST. THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN DO
TO MAKE IT EASIER.
I MENTIONED IT LAST TIME, YOU
KNOW WHITE MEN WITH LESS THAN A
HIGH SCHOOL DIP PLE DIPLOMA, THE
SPENDING MORE ON SPEEDOMETERS
RESPONSIBILITIES AND GOING TO
SCHOOL NOW.
SCHOOL NOW. THERE HAS BEEN SOME SHIFTS.