Saturday, May 09, 2009

Guest column: Use 7 principles to guide immigration reform

This writer lists seven rules to follow to get immigration reform to go through. Sounds like a good plan to me. - - Donna Poisl

By ALICIA CLAYPOOL, CONVENER OF THE IOWA IMMIGRATION EDUCATION COALITION

Tuesday, May 12, marks the one-year anniversary of the immigration raid on Agriprocessors in Postville. The raid in Postville clearly symbolizes what is wrong with current immigration policy.

The Iowa Immigration Education Coalition, a nonpartisan education coalition of business, labor, education, health, religious, civil- and immigrant-rights groups, has developed seven principles for common-sense solutions to immigration reform.

1. Create smart enforcement.
2. Create an employment-based program to meet workplace and economic needs.
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