It's the Perfect Time for Immigration Reform - Raymond J. Keating
May 16, 2009
By Raymond J. Keating
Sen. Schumer said "recent polls show that 57 percent of Americans believe that immigration reform should be a high priority for this Congress. The politics may be hard, but reality is obvious: It is everyone's best interests to change and fix our current immigration system."
It is, in fact, not enough to simply try to tighten the borders and more strictly enforce a failed system. Yes, our borders must be secure. But we cannot ignore economic reality. That means finding a way for current undocumented individuals, who are working and otherwise staying out of trouble, to become legal with an eventual path to citizenship. Going hand-in-hand with that, the U.S. must expand legal avenues and accelerate the process for immigration.
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