On the issue of immigration, I am appalled that the Republican party cannot see the need for compromise and the necessity of fixing a badly broken immigration system. When families are being tragically divided and young adults who were brought here as children are being deprived of their futures for lack of paperwork, justice is not being done. How long will the Republicans hide behind tired rhetoric about “amnesty” that doesn’t get the job done. I agree with Obama on this issue that the Congress has had long enough to act (and I seldom agree with Obama). This recent statement by John Boehner just shows once again that the Republicans don’t get it on this issue. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30049038. They are completely unconcerned with the human plight of illegal alien families while being perfectly happy to live in a society that takes advantage of, in fact depends upon, the labor provided by immigrants. I wish the Republicans would replace Boehner with a leader who understands the issues from a less partisan perspective. They need to do something about immigration for justice sake and they also need to remember how much they needed the Latino vote in 2012.
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A new study has found that immigrants help the prosperity of areas where they live. I have seen this first hand in the boost immigration has given to some neighborhoods in Syracuse NY and Utica NY. But they would not be surprised at the results of the study if they had read the words of the wise man recorded in Proverbs. “A large population is a king’s glory, but without subjects a prince is ruined” (Proverbs 14:28 NIV 2011).
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505143_162-57602552/can-immigration-speed-the-economic-recovery/