anitagreencard
01-20-2009, 02:37 PM
Currently a featured article on change.org
As Barack Obama is sworn in today, I harbor hope that he will listen to the people who voted for and supported him. I hope that he will not fall into the "siege mentality" trap that many are calling for in this recession: "shut the door," "close the border," "don't let another immigrant in until every American citizen is employed."
This destructive, fearful mentality wrongly assumes a zero sum game between U.S. citizens and everyone else, overlooks the economic benefits of a liberal immigration policy and ignores the opportunity costs of blind enforcement, and refuses to acknowledge that many who came here at a young age have valid claims to full participation in American society.
http://immigration.change.org/blog/view/my_hope_for_obama_reform_the_immigration_system
say thanks guys
(eek I think I should have posted this in the lounge, if so sorry)
As Barack Obama is sworn in today, I harbor hope that he will listen to the people who voted for and supported him. I hope that he will not fall into the "siege mentality" trap that many are calling for in this recession: "shut the door," "close the border," "don't let another immigrant in until every American citizen is employed."
This destructive, fearful mentality wrongly assumes a zero sum game between U.S. citizens and everyone else, overlooks the economic benefits of a liberal immigration policy and ignores the opportunity costs of blind enforcement, and refuses to acknowledge that many who came here at a young age have valid claims to full participation in American society.
http://immigration.change.org/blog/view/my_hope_for_obama_reform_the_immigration_system
say thanks guys
(eek I think I should have posted this in the lounge, if so sorry)