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Neil Bradley talked about the debt ceiling debate and a campaign calling on Congress to reform legal immigration to help businesses meet their workforce needs.
(C-SPAN) – Neil Bradley talked about the debt ceiling debate and a campaign calling on Congress to reform legal immigration to help businesses meet their workforce needs.
Watch the full interview here.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Over Decades, Congress Failed Repeatedly to Address Immigration Dysfunction
For nearly a quarter century, as successive waves of migrants have tried to enter and work in the United States, presidents have appealed to Congress to address gaps in an immigration system nearly everyone agrees is broken.
(The New York Times) – For nearly a quarter century, as successive waves of migrants have tried to enter and work in the United States, presidents have appealed to Congress to address gaps in an immigration system nearly everyone agrees is broken.
Yet year after year, congressional efforts to strike a wide-ranging bipartisan deal — one that would strengthen border security measures while expanding avenues for people to immigrate to the United States in an orderly and lawful way — have fractured under the strain of political forces.
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THE WASHINGTON POST: Opinion: Earth to politicians: The U.S. has too few immigrants — not too many
With the imminent demise of Title 42, which led to the automatic expulsion of many seeking asylum in the United States, scary stories about an "immigration surge" and "border crisis" are reliably back in the news.
(The Washington Post) – With the imminent demise of Title 42, which led to the automatic expulsion of many seeking asylum in the United States, scary stories about an "immigration surge" and "border crisis" are reliably back in the news. Politicians have mostly taken this opportunity to fearmonger about how our country will soon be overrun with "illegals." Rather than stoking panic, they should find ways to match the overwhelming need for workers in nearly every field at home to the overwhelming demand for entry from people who live abroad.
Because right now there are least three major challenges that a revamped immigration system could help solve. All three require increasing legal immigration, rather than curbing it.
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