Another "You Gotta' Be Schlitzin' Me"
Apr 17, 2019 13:37:19 #
Another "You Gotta' Be Schlitzin' Me"
Des Moines Register Opinion
Can President Trump please send some asylum seekers to Iowa? We desperately need people
Editorial: The desperate Central Americans seeking refuge at the border are as deserving of refuge as the Southeast Asians former Gov. Robert Ray helped settle here. Iowa and the refugees benefited.
Whether he's advocating a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border or threatening to completely shut down entries, President Trump is more about theatrics than logistics on immigration policy.
His latest idea: Send undocumented immigrants to so-called sanctuary cities — loosely defined as jurisdictions that refrain from cooperating with federal immigration authorities who want city jails to detain people who have not committed serious crimes.
He recently warned via tweet if “Democrats” don’t change i*********n l*ws “Sanctuary Cities must immediately ACT to take care of the i*****l i*******ts — and this includes Gang Members, Drug dealers, Human Traffickers, and Criminals of all shapes, sizes and kinds.”
Trump seems to think relocating immigrants to these places would be some kind of punishment.
Except many of those flooding the southern border in recent months are bed**ggled families from Central America. They are fleeing violence and seeking economic opportunity. They present themselves to border agents with stories of husbands who were murdered and daughters who were raped.
They are looking for a job and a better life.
In fact, they are very much like the Southeast Asian refugees whom former Iowa Gov. Robert Ray helped settle after the Vietnam War. The Republican leader responded to a humanitarian crisis with compassion and practicality.
Can Trump send some of the southern immigrants to Iowa?
Though the United States cannot accept everyone seeking asylum, this state should gladly take some. Our population is aging. Companies cannot find employees to fill positions, particularly in the agriculture industry. We need people.
They are not going to simply appear. And since much of the country is experiencing the same demographic struggle, the people are going to need to come from other countries.
Iowans should be raising our hands to resettle more refugees.
“The crux of the problem is that we don’t have the people here,” the president of a manufacturing company told the Wall Street Journal in a 2018 story about Iowa's labor plight. The hydraulic truck equipment producer could not find workers it needed for the second shift, resulting in the largest backlog of orders ever.
Employers across Iowa — from restaurants to agricultural operations to biotechnology companies — can tell similar stories about searching for good workers. Many industries compete for the same pool of people, and the pool is too small. That ultimately reduces the quality of employees and hurts business.
Also, this country’s heroin epidemic and the legalization of recreational marijuana in some states has resulted in more and more native job applicants failing employer drug tests. Companies are turning to refugees who pass the screening.
While the president cracks jokes and plays politics with immigration policy, this country needs more workers who buy homes, purchase goods and pay the federal taxes to fund everything from Medicare to Social Security.
If only this president would recognize the humanitarian and economic importance of attracting newcomers, particularly refugees.
Gov. Ray did it in the 1970s.
President Ronald Reagan did it in 1982 with a Christmas Day radio address in which he read a letter a U.S. soldier had written to his parents about rescuing refugees.
“I hope we always have room for one more person, maybe an Afghan or a Pole or someone else looking for a place where he doesn’t have to worry about his family starving or a knock on the door in the night,” wrote the young man.
The Republican president called the letter “a true Christmas story in the best sense.”
Where is that compassionate conservatism now? Where is the economic practicality?
We need it now because immigrants could be a boon to population-short regions, not the penalty Trump seems to think.
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https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/editorials/2019/04/17/trump-should-send-some-asylum-seekers-iowa-we-need-workers/3477996002/
Des Moines Register Opinion
Can President Trump please send some asylum seekers to Iowa? We desperately need people
Editorial: The desperate Central Americans seeking refuge at the border are as deserving of refuge as the Southeast Asians former Gov. Robert Ray helped settle here. Iowa and the refugees benefited.
Whether he's advocating a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border or threatening to completely shut down entries, President Trump is more about theatrics than logistics on immigration policy.
His latest idea: Send undocumented immigrants to so-called sanctuary cities — loosely defined as jurisdictions that refrain from cooperating with federal immigration authorities who want city jails to detain people who have not committed serious crimes.
He recently warned via tweet if “Democrats” don’t change i*********n l*ws “Sanctuary Cities must immediately ACT to take care of the i*****l i*******ts — and this includes Gang Members, Drug dealers, Human Traffickers, and Criminals of all shapes, sizes and kinds.”
Trump seems to think relocating immigrants to these places would be some kind of punishment.
Except many of those flooding the southern border in recent months are bed**ggled families from Central America. They are fleeing violence and seeking economic opportunity. They present themselves to border agents with stories of husbands who were murdered and daughters who were raped.
They are looking for a job and a better life.
In fact, they are very much like the Southeast Asian refugees whom former Iowa Gov. Robert Ray helped settle after the Vietnam War. The Republican leader responded to a humanitarian crisis with compassion and practicality.
Can Trump send some of the southern immigrants to Iowa?
Though the United States cannot accept everyone seeking asylum, this state should gladly take some. Our population is aging. Companies cannot find employees to fill positions, particularly in the agriculture industry. We need people.
They are not going to simply appear. And since much of the country is experiencing the same demographic struggle, the people are going to need to come from other countries.
Iowans should be raising our hands to resettle more refugees.
“The crux of the problem is that we don’t have the people here,” the president of a manufacturing company told the Wall Street Journal in a 2018 story about Iowa's labor plight. The hydraulic truck equipment producer could not find workers it needed for the second shift, resulting in the largest backlog of orders ever.
Employers across Iowa — from restaurants to agricultural operations to biotechnology companies — can tell similar stories about searching for good workers. Many industries compete for the same pool of people, and the pool is too small. That ultimately reduces the quality of employees and hurts business.
Also, this country’s heroin epidemic and the legalization of recreational marijuana in some states has resulted in more and more native job applicants failing employer drug tests. Companies are turning to refugees who pass the screening.
While the president cracks jokes and plays politics with immigration policy, this country needs more workers who buy homes, purchase goods and pay the federal taxes to fund everything from Medicare to Social Security.
If only this president would recognize the humanitarian and economic importance of attracting newcomers, particularly refugees.
Gov. Ray did it in the 1970s.
President Ronald Reagan did it in 1982 with a Christmas Day radio address in which he read a letter a U.S. soldier had written to his parents about rescuing refugees.
“I hope we always have room for one more person, maybe an Afghan or a Pole or someone else looking for a place where he doesn’t have to worry about his family starving or a knock on the door in the night,” wrote the young man.
The Republican president called the letter “a true Christmas story in the best sense.”
Where is that compassionate conservatism now? Where is the economic practicality?
We need it now because immigrants could be a boon to population-short regions, not the penalty Trump seems to think.
Interested in hard-hitting opinions? Subscribe to the Des Moines Register today at desmoinesregister.com/deal.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/editorials/2019/04/17/trump-should-send-some-asylum-seekers-iowa-we-need-workers/3477996002/
Apr 17, 2019 14:02:57 #
Oldsailor65 wrote:
Another "You Gotta' Be Schlitzin' Me" br... (show quote)
This article references the "bed**ggled families" in the caravans . . . . then why do I see mostly young military age men, in some pictures, as far as the eye can see? How many of these folks really want work? Or, do they wish to attach themselves to that great American welfare system?
Apr 17, 2019 14:23:23 #
Auntie Lulu wrote:
This article references the "bed**ggled families" in the caravans . . . . then why do I see mostly young military age men, in some pictures, as far as the eye can see? How many of these folks really want work? Or, do they wish to attach themselves to that great American welfare system?
Amen and Amen
Apr 17, 2019 14:55:02 #
Apr 17, 2019 15:17:35 #
Auntie Lulu wrote:
This article references the "bed**ggled families" in the caravans . . . . then why do I see mostly young military age men, in some pictures, as far as the eye can see? How many of these folks really want work? Or, do they wish to attach themselves to that great American welfare system?
70% of the "families" aren't related. Are the children crying for mommy and daddy? Some yes, that was why they started DNA tests. It should be mommy and papi. Yes military age and build men and the women look like they haven't missed any meals. You nailed it! They do make good targets though.
Apr 17, 2019 15:54:39 #
Oldsailor65 wrote:
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They aren’t seeking those types of jobs they want to rule this country, work under table pay no taxes collect welfare and send their kids to free college so they can destroy our country as they allowed theirs to b destroyed! They don’t assimilate!!
Apr 17, 2019 17:56:46 #
EL
Loc: Massachusetts
Auntie Lulu wrote:
This article references the "bed**ggled families" in the caravans . . . . then why do I see mostly young military age men, in some pictures, as far as the eye can see? How many of these folks really want work? Or, do they wish to attach themselves to that great American welfare system?
And....ever notice that the very few women and children are always in the very front followed by, as you say, mostly young military age men as far as one can see. I think most of them expect to be taken care of under our welfare system (Our tax dollars going to i******s - those that broke the law to get here and are thus criminals.) There are some who have said on camera that they just want to get a better job. Not a reason to illegally cross our borders.
Apr 18, 2019 12:41:47 #
Has nothing been learned from History? For the Roman Empire to keep expanding they accepted foreign populations to support them until eventually their mostly barbaric 'subjects' far outnumbered them and took over. America's dwindling white European cultured citizens haven't been reproducing much so the thought is to import new citizens. The problem is those people refuse to accept the culture and ethic that made this country great. So why must we insist on expanding? What's wrong with having few people, less crowded conditions and more empty space? We can still produce and export, accept visitors and live productive lives. Ever hear the phrase "Less is more"?
Apr 18, 2019 20:08:34 #
Oldsailor65 wrote:
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How many adults do you have on welfare, not working, in your state?
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