Some business owners were angered by President Biden’s decision to grant hundreds of thousands of work permits to illegal immigrants, according to a new report.
Last September, The Biden administration announced that it would be offering hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants and thousands of Afghan nationals already in the U.S. – including those in the country illegally – work permits and protections from deportations, amid a historic surge at the southern border.
Chicago restaurant owner Sam Sanchez told The New York Times he was upset by the decision, feeling that the new migrants were getting benefits ahead of his employees who’ve been in the country for decades.
“It’s offensive that my employees and other immigrants are being leapfrogged by new arrivals,” Sanchez, who is on the board of the National Restaurant Association, told the Times.
Immigrants who’ve been working in the U.S. for years also told the paper they were upset …