I decided to go to law school to become an immigration lawyer when I was 16. In my career I’ve done nonprofit, private, and government work, but I’ve never done anything but immigration. It pains me how polarized we are now on issues that the vast, vast majority of Americans are fundamentally aligned on. Legalize people who have lived here for a long time and are hardworking members of our communities. Remove (deport) criminals, gang members, and terrorists. Provide a pathway to citizenship for people brought here as kids who are working, in school, or join the military. Have a good sense of who and what is traversing the border. Encourage the brightest and most entrepreneurial people from around the world to study and work and create jobs here and become the Americans they were absolutely born to be. Be good citizens of the world and take in people who really need protection through our asylum, refugee, and other humanitarian programs. Allow enforcement officials into jails and prisons because that makes your community — and theirs — safer. Be decent people and good neighbors.
Immigration makes America great. It makes us unique. There’s a need for enforcement, which should be prioritized for national security threats, criminals, then recent arrivals, and then everyone else.
We shouldn’t be at each others’ throats when most of us agree on most of these things.
Maybe someday we can thread the needle again.
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At his monthly news conference, @GovCox said the way a current bill on banning transgender girls from high school sports stands, he wouldn't sign it if it was placed on his desk. He says the bill's complicated, and both sides of the issue are right. https://t.co/KJ4fDxYR2c #utpol
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Failure is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have an answer to.” - Trevor Noah
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New story: How can you see how well our coronavirus stay-at-home actions are working? By tracking the effective contagion rate over time.
Here's how Utah is doing, and how it compares to the other 49 states:
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