Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Immigration in the USA -- who wins and loses?

Immigration is always a hot topic in the USA, particularly during an election season. As for me I am pro-immigration. Aside from our roots as a nation resting in the act of immigration, it is without a doubt a key component of what keeps us a vibrant and creative as a nation. I am all for a guest worker program which recognizes the realities of employment immigration in the USA -- both needs from afar and demands at home. And I believe we make it far too difficult and expensive for U.S. citizens to marry a person without U.S. citizenship. Of course there need to be guidelines, but let's not make an entire industry out of them.

Below is a link to an article about the impact of shipping home all the undocumented immigrants in the USA. As they write, who would lose out the most might surprise people -- Wisconsin farmers included.

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