The outspoken MP also said that people who do not work should have their benefits stopped.
Tory MP Lee Anderson has said Britain should be training more of its own people to fill key jobs rather than relying on migrant labour from abroad.
And the outspoken MP also said that people who do not work should have their benefits stopped.
Speaking on GB News he said: “The immigration problem has got worse; I'm not going to make any excuses about that.
“I am one of these people who are slightly at odds with my own party. I don't agree with the points-based immigration system.
“I do not believe in recruiting the brightest and the best around the world. I strongly believe that the brightest and the best people in the world live in this country.
“There are doctors, there are nurses, there are solicitors, there are teachers, there are brain surgeons on every single street in this country and our job as politicians and as training providers is to find these people, recruit them and make them work within this country.
“The idea that we've got to get the brightest and the best from outside the country is absolute nonsense to me. And what we're actually doing is we’re also importing third world labour as well to work in our car washes. What’s all that about, it’s absolute nonsense.
“We've got a very generous benefit system in this country. If these people do not want to go to work, then stop their benefits.
“I remember a time if you didn't go to work, you didn't get paid. And it's like that in a lot of countries around the world. Go to work. Stop being idle, go to work and pay your way in society and have a stake in this great country of ours.”
