'Nightly News' Argues for Relaxed Immigration Laws Despite High Unempl

Jeff Poor
May 28th, 2009 12:34 PM
The national unemployment rate is 8.9 percent and even higher in places like Cambridge, Md. So you might find it strange to see NBC advocating an expansion of legal migrant labor when so many Americans are struggling. Nonetheless, former "NBC Nightly News" anchor Tom Brokaw did just that in the first part of a new series called "American Character." The former anchor will travel U.S. Highway 50…