Frank Sharry
Frank Sharry
Frank Sharry is the founder and executive director of America’s Voice, an immigration reform group...
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Every Western industrialised nation faces the same issues of an ageing society that needs migrants, a sceptical public and some hostile media. In supporting migrants, we do face formidable challenges but I'm still optimistic; we just have to focus on bringing together the needs of our societies and the aspirations of migrant families.
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In supporting migrants, we do face formidable challenges but I'm still optimistic.
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The loud voices, punchy arguments and simple headlines from governments, politicians and anti-immigration groups will often be easier to hear. The other side has a harder job, because theirs is the more sophisticated argument, offering humane, progressive and enlightened policies in the midst of an emotional debate.
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Instead of leading the country to bipartisan comprehensive reform, ... he runs more of a danger of putting gasoline on the fire.
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The idea that 11 million here illegally are going to sign up for a program that is going to (eventually) result in their removal is unworkable. Most won't sign up. The good news is that (Bush) continues to address the issue and he hasn't backed down from the point of view that temporary workers need to be part of it. But politically, they've made a mishmash of this issue.
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It is fundamentally workable. We got a food fight instead of a bill, and I quite frankly think it's a real failure of leadership on the part of both parties.
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But even if we win today, it's only one step. Immigrants pay a lot in taxes and don't get a lot back.
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I think the ads are soft-peddling an extremist agenda. And what they're trying to do is draw people in with a soft pitch. But if you take a look at what their real agenda is, it is hard. It is ugly.
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Obviously, there's tremendous pressure on lawmakers to fix the problem.
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The Mexican who arrived last month is more often in direct competition with a Mexican who's been here five years than with an African-American who was born here.
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I'm disgusted that we are engaged in a blame game. We needed a bill, and we got a food fight.