It has been said that Trump needs a “course change” in his immigration policy, and that should be painfully obvious to anyone who has been paying attention.. How about a complete reversal of what Trump has been doing so far? A complete reversal! Start with a switch from “keep out” to “welcome”, from armed troops blocking the border to “welcome centers” where migrants are treated like valued human beings rather than useless animals that clog our economy and eat up social resources. We need to face up to the reality that we need these people. Emigrant families are actually the most desirable kind of people you can find anywhere. They have endured indescribable hardship to get here and (unlike Trump’s assertions) will make good, hard-working, taxpaying citizens when they are allowed to settle in the USA. If we adopt the right attitude toward immigrants, and back it up with officially- stated government policy, most of the problems now facing our border control people will probably fix themselves. It is so much easier to be friendly and kind than mean and cruel.
Howard F. Sosbee 1400 Weston Ridge Road Scotts Valley CA, 95066 831, 335, 8401 hfs@sosbee.com <mailto:hfs@sosbee.com>