George Will, a conservative columnist for the Washington Post, has the right idea about addressing our nation's legal immigration policy now. Too often, politicians and network news anchors confuse the topics of legal and illegal immigration.
In Will's article of July 26, "Building a Wall Against Talent," the commentator correctly points out the importance of the ability of our nation to attract and keep talented immigrants. When these immigrants are not allowed into our nation, they go to another country and help that country become more competitive in the world market.
The latest result of our highly restrictive legal immigration quotas is the exportation of business and jobs abroad. Will cites the example of Microsoft:
"Barack Obama and other Democrats are theatrically indignant about U.S. companies that locate operations outside the country. But one reason Microsoft opened a software development center in Vancouver is that Canadian immigration laws allow Microsoft to recruit skilled people it could not retain under U.S. immigration restrictions. Mr. Change We Can Believe In is not advocating the simple change -- that added zero -- and neither is Mr. Straight Talk.
John McCain's campaign Web site has a spare statement on "immigration reform" that says nothing about increasing America's intake of highly educated immigrants. Obama's site says only: "Where we can bring in more foreign-born workers with the skills our economy needs, we should." "Where we can"? We can now. "
Write your Congressman, your Senator, and your Presidential candidate and tell them you favor expanded legal immigration for the sake of our nation's future. It is no coincidence that this nation grew to be the most powerful and successful in the world by welcoming in talented immigrants from all countries. To continue to unreasonably restrict legal immigration is to sentence this nation to economic and developmental decline.
The time for expanding legal immigration is now.
Rick Maney
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