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Experts on immigration policy made the case for bipartisan legislation that includes border security, a solution for DACA, and an ID and Tax policy that would create a method for unauthorized immigrants to earn legal status. After some questions and discussion, most if not all of the roughly 100 business leaders in attendance seemed to agree that these reforms were sensible

The United States is in a global contest to attract and retain talent. To that end, providing permanent legal status to Dreamers makes sound economic sense. Our policies must allow us to compete for the workers we need to fuel our economy and retain the young talent that already exists here but lacks the security of permanent legal status.

A recent presentation at the University of Saint Thomas in Houston highlighted how challenges associated with the outdated US immigration system have cultivated an inefficient, unethical, and unsafe shadow economy that threatens the sustainability of the construction industry.

This event can be viewed at this zoom link: https://stthom-edu.zoom.us/j/94546730224A free event dealing with immigration reform and titled “Immigration: Taking Mercy on the Stranger” will be held online and in person April 28, 2022, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., in Cullen Hall on the campus of the University of St. Thomas-Houston. This presentation is part of UST’s Fratelli Tutti

It would benefit the U.S. economy to adopt a more practical, common-sense immigration policy, especially regarding the 11 million undocumented immigrants already living and working in the U.S., including about 1.6 million in Texas