Sunday, April 04, 2010

The urgency of immigration reform

Our economy will recover much quicker when immigration reform is enacted. Most politicians are afraid to work on it though, it is hard to get the truth about the issue to the public. - - Donna Poisl

By Joy Athanasiou

Last month, hundreds of thousands of Americans, including nearly 200,000 in Washington, D.C. and 750 in Denver, rallied in support of comprehensive immigration reform.

Most members of Congress know that the current immigration system is unworkable and badly in need of reform, yet are afraid to act on this important legislation because of the current political atmosphere. There is also the common misperception that any reform would only impact immigrants. On the contrary, our current immigration laws drastically harm U.S. citizens and U.S. companies and waste an enormous amount of our tax dollars.
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