LETTER REQUEST: USA Today, Sept. 18
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(1) Please respond to this op-ed signed by a multitude of mayors who believe South Bend, IN Mayor Pete Buttigieg knows how to end our federally-created crisis, "For mayors, politics isn't a blood sport: Why we need Pete Buttigieg in the White House"
One word best describes this clueless opinion piece: "Sigh." Here's the nut paragraph: "While Washington has ignored or exacerbated our immigration crisis, Pete created a municipal ID card so that undocumented residents could open bank accounts and fill prescriptions. And because Pete knows that population growth is the key to economic growth, his plan for rural America would provide Community Renewal Visas to bring immigrants to communities in need of revitalization."
Well, OK, the bigger the workforce, the bigger the GDP. No question about that, but, more importantly, isn't the per capita GDP what really counts? How would American workers benefit from bringing in even more foreign workers willing to work for less? Population growth has been a catalyst for the kind of economic growth that has seen inequality rise, wages stagnate, and housing prices soar out of reach for many. More immigration will yield more of the same.
Any realistic discussion about ending our immigration crisis must include meaningful enforcement and acknowledgement that there are limits to the number of people this nation can absorb.
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Re: For mayors, politics isn't a blood sport: Why we need Pete Buttigieg in the White House, USA Today, 9/18
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