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I have been reading the many opinions related to Immigration issues and listening to many that in other issues, I usually agree with. One in particular is the excellent article in the Sunday, December 8, Brownsville Herald entitled “Immigrants still wanted in Hard Times” and Mr. Navarrette hit the nail on the head when he said “…what Americans should know by now, even if some are reluctant to admit it: Immigrants were an undeniable and indispensable factor in the nation’s economic growth over the past decade.”
I have become concerned about the trend to focus on new immigrants of any class as enemies of the country, blurring the differences between temporary workers, undocumented persons, and legal immigrants.
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