Snyder to promote immigration for job growth in annual address

Michigan's Governor is trying to attract more immigrants to his state, they are needed to spur the economy.  - - Donna Poisl

By Paul Egan and Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press Lansing Bureau

LANSING — Harking back to his first State of the State address, Gov. Rick Snyder will propose measures in his latest address on Thursday to help attract and retain more immigrants with advanced degrees — and spur job growth — he said Tuesday.

Snyder, in an interview with the Free Press at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, gave few details, but said the need for more immigrants will be a featured topic.

“We have so many great foreign students coming to get advanced degrees,” Snyder said. “They come to get their education and our federal policy is to tell them to get out when they’re done, and that’s dumb.”

Snyder said such immigrants create jobs in Michigan, they don’t take them away.
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