Home Secretary Theresa May has come under fire after claiming immigrants have forced "thousands" of British workers out of a job.
Birmingham MP Steve McCabe (Lab Selly Oak) said she was blaming immigrants for mistakes made by the Government.
He said: "There are fewer jobs than there should be because the Government stopped investing in the economy in the period after 2010."
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But he said he also backed controls on immigration, saying: "Theresa May was actually in charge of immigration policy for the past five years so she's highlighting her own failure."
Mrs May's outspoken comments at the Conservative conference in Manchester have been seen as an attempt to stake her claim to the party leadership.
Along with London Mayor Boris Johnson and Chancellor George Osborne, she is expected to put herself forward as a candidate for Conservative leader when David Cameron stands down before 2020.
She said in her conference speech: "Now I know there are some people who say, 'yes there are costs of immigration, but the answer is to manage the consequences not reduce the numbers'.
"But not all of the consequences can be managed and doing so for many of them comes at a high price. We need to build 210,000 new homes every year to deal with rising demand.
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"We need to find 900,000 new school places by 2024. And there are thousands of people who have been forced out of the labour market, still unable to find a job."
She added: "Even if we could manage all the consequences of mass immigration, Britain does not need net migration in the hundreds of thousands every year.
"Of course, immigrants plug skills shortages and it's right that we should try to attract the best talent in the world, but not every person coming to Britain right now is a skilled electrician, engineer or doctor.
"The evidence....shows that, while there are benefits of selective and controlled immigration, at best the net economic and fiscal effect of high immigration is close to zero.
"So there is no case, in the national interest, for immigration of the scale we have experienced over the last decade."
Mrs May said EU rules had to change to allow the 海角视频 to stop so many immigrants from other parts of Europe coming into the country to work.
"The numbers coming from Europe are unsustainable and the rules have to change," she added.
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"At the moment, for example, workers coming to the 海角视频 on very low salaries can claim over £10,000 on top of their salary in benefits - which makes the 海角视频 a hugely attractive destination. This is not good for us or for the countries those people are leaving."
Steve McCabe said: "We need to do more to ensure we are attracting the skilled migrants the 海角视频 needs. And we should make better use of schemes which bring those workers here on five-year work permits."