MUSKEGO - U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan cast doubt Friday on a plan by President Donald Trump to cut legal immigration, saying the American economy needs workers to replace retiring baby boomers.

I just think arbitrary cuts to legal immigration don’t take into effect the economy’s needs as the boomers are retiring," Ryan said in an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "With baby boomers leaving the workforce, we’re still going to have labor shortages in certain areas and that is where a well-reformed legal immigration system should be able to make up the difference."

Ryan cautioned he has yet to fully review the proposal and said he does want to overhaul the immigration system to focus on economic needs like dairy farms and research and engineering work. But he questioned the wisdom of actually cutting the number of immigrants entering the United States.
"I think legal immigration is good for our country. I’m a supporter of legal immigration," Ryan said.


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