Highway50 http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/14872/all en NBC Argues for Relaxed Immigration Laws Despite High Unemployment http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nbc-argues-relaxed-immigration-laws-despite-high-unemployment <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/jeff-poor">Jeff Poor</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>The <a href="http://www.bls.gov/cps/"></a>national unemployment rate is 8.9 percent and even higher in places like <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Cambridge</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Md.</st1:state></st1:place> So you might find it strange to see NBC advocating an expansion of legal migrant labor when so many Americans are struggling.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nbc-argues-relaxed-immigration-laws-despite-high-unemployment" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Economy AmericanCharacter barbaramikulski crabpicking Highway50 immigration JackBrooks NBCNightlyNews TomBrokaw unemployment Thu, 28 May 2009 14:07:30 +0000 admin 26775 at http://archive2.mrc.org