Labor Secretary Hilda Solis defended her agreements with Mexico and other countries to apply U.S. labor protections to all immigrants. Neil Munro writes in "The Daily Caller" that this action is clear pandering towards Hispanic voters and points to an ambivalence towards American sovereingty.
Munro further writes that "Critics of illegal immigration say Solis’ deals and statements show that she doesn’t value American workers more than foreign workers, and that she’s undercutting U.S. workers’ marketplace clout."
To the charge of protecting illegal workers, Labor Secretary Solis responds, “I have a vested interest in protecting all workers that work here in the U.S. Period.”
On Monday, Solis signed agreements with the governments of the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica and El Salvador “to protect the labor rights of migrant workers from those countries who are employed in the United States,” according to a Labor Department statement. The department has already signed similar deals with Mexico, Nicaragua and Guatemala.
Asked about those deals, Solis — who is the daughter of two immigrants from Central America — said “government is quite clear in terms of protecting all workers here in the U.S., regardless of origins. Under Republican and Democratic administrations, that’s the law.”
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