Business Lobby Realizes GOP Candidates are Serious About Enforcement
"[Mark] Gould isn't the only employer growing disenchanted with
Republican candidates' stances on immigration. A number of business owners in the U.S.--many of them longtime Republicans--say that talk of severe crackdowns on illegal immigration and restrictions on legal immigration are pushing them away from the party. Some are even switching to actively support Democrats, including Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.). 'The Republican candidates just don't get it,' says Maureen Torrey, owner of Torrey Farms in Elba, N.Y. 'They need to understand that immigration helps drive economic growth, and that without it a lot of industries are in trouble.' Torrey, a lifelong Republican, is now backing Clinton."
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