Who Is Alexander Acosta? Trump Labor Nominee Supports Amnesty, Cheap Foreign Labor – IOTW Report

Who Is Alexander Acosta? Trump Labor Nominee Supports Amnesty, Cheap Foreign Labor

BG: President Donald Trump’s new nominee to run the Department of Labor is an accomplished lawyer and a rising star in the GOP’s Hispanic and pro-diversity wing.

The nominee, Alexander Acosta, is a Harvard graduate and a former senior justice department official under George W. Bush. From 2005, he served as a federal attorney in Florida, where he successfully prosecuted a series of high-profile cases and is now a university dean. 

If confirmed by the Senate to run the Department of Labor, Acosta will play an important role in overseeing and regulating the annual inflow of roughly 1 million contract workers. Those contract workers fill white-collar and blue-collar jobs throughout the economy and they also lower wages for American graduates and unskilled workers.

However, he’s likely to clash with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a populist who is expected to push for reduced use of foreign workers. Throughout the 2016 campaign, Trump called for reforms of the contract-worker programs, including the H-1B program, and declared his policy would be to “Buy American, Hire American.”

On Wednesday, Jan 15, Trump’s first nominee for the job was withdrawn after a few GOP Senators said they would not vote for him in the closely divided Senate. The first nominee, restaurant CEO Anthony Puzder, was damaged by his pre-nomination support for cheap-labor immigration.  more

SNIP: He’s a squish, a Bush-y, and I’m not a fan. Please, don’t make me get loud up in here about this guy.

9 Comments on Who Is Alexander Acosta? Trump Labor Nominee Supports Amnesty, Cheap Foreign Labor

  1. I’m hoping he had a come to Jesus summit with Trump and his agenda, or he could be an interim pick just to get things rolling in Labor (it’s such an important post right now). I’m really upset that Pudzer backed out, but I didn’t think even he had the best credentials. He needs someone who has run a giant company or many giant companies successfully.

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