Immigration reform must include encouraging economic justice through foreign policy

This piece talks about the need for Mexico and Central America to create jobs and a middle class in their own countries. - - Donna Poisl

IMMIGRATION REFORM MUST INCLUDE ENCOURAGING ECONOMIC JUSTICE THROUGH FOREIGN POLICY

By Tracy Emblem

Although the federal government is responsible for immigration policy, Arizona recently passed its own radical state immigration bill moving the national debate from the back burner. We are increasingly hearing angry emotional sound bites like "illegal immigrants" and phrases like "they’re breaking the law" to frame the debate of a very complex human and economic issue.

Americans must be honest about the cause of the problem. The truth is we have tolerated a sub-society living in "shadow" communities working for substandard wages, living in substandard housing, and when injured on the job, refused medical care all so we can have inexpensive goods and services.
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