Every country's economy depends on its population growing, our country needs immigrants for this precise reason. - - Donna Poisl
by Greg Burns
In an economy as bad as this one, it may take nothing short of disaster to bring about even a little immigration reform.
Responding to Haiti's devastating earthquake, the Obama administration is providing Temporary Protected Status to undocumented Haitians living in the U.S. As many as 200,000 people will be invited to stay legally for 18 months, receiving work permits to find jobs.
Even that modest humanitarian gesture has rekindled an emotionally charged debate about whether immigrants hurt the economic prospects of Americans.
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