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"Our long-broken immigration system has now become a full-blown crisis with
the collapse of the asylum process… ignoring it will only make it worse, while
also elevating the political fortunes of xenophobes and eroding public support
for immigration reform."
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-- Mike Bloomberg
New York Times
September 10, 2023
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John,

Washington can no longer afford to ignore the deepening failures of our
immigration and asylum systems,writes Mike in a New York Times op-ed published
this morning
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. With the costs growing by the day -- to cities, the economy, immigrants, and
to the political futures of Democrats and others who want to find real
solutions -- Mike is calling for "swift and decisive action."

READ MIKE'S NY TIMES OP-ED
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Not only are our systems inadequate to the growing influx of immigrants, in
many cases -- like laws that prevent asylum seekers from working -- our
approaches exacerbate the problems. The U.S. "essentially allows an unlimited
number of people to cross our borders, forbids them from working, offers them
free housing, and grants them seven years of residency before ruling on whether
they can legally stay," writes Mike.

"It would be hard to devise a more backward and self-defeating system." Read
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It's imperative that Washington step up. Today's challenges are being managed
through enormous effort and expense in cities like New York and Chicago. But
they're the product of long-broken federal measures and years of bi-partisan
inaction: "Both parties created the problem, and both parties must work
together to fix it."

Read more in the New York Times, and share with your networks to help energize
the call for action on this critical challenge →
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"We are a nation of immigrants because we are a land of opportunity," writes
Mike. Our treatment of immigrants and asylum seekers should reflect that
fundamental truth.

Thanks,

MikeBloomberg.com


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