(https://www.newsday.com/long-island/asylum-seekers-migrants-long-island-report-economy-qz99kzbw)The immigration issue affects our region, economically and socially certainly, but this is a national problem that requires Congress to act. We know how former Congressman Tom Suozzi feels about immigration reform and that he has thoroughly studied the issue – he has advocated for reasonable, bipartisan compromise to achieve Comprehensive Immigration Reform in the past – in fact, partnered with Republican Long Island Congressman Peter King in 2019 on a plan. (See: Viewpoint: Suozzi-King plan for immigration reform is spot on and long overdue, https://theisland360.com/promoted/viewpoint-suozzi-king-plan-for-immigration-reform-is-spot-on-and-long-overdue/)“The national emergency is not on the border but in the nation’s capital – a failure of leadership in Washington. It’s been almost 40 years, back to 1986, since we had comprehensive immigration reform,” Suozzi, told a press conference and in letters to the president and House leaders. Will she support shutting down government in order to extract untenable, inhumane (even illegal) and frankly anti-American immigration policies, including closing the border?

Source: New York Times January 15, 2024 23:19 UTC