Welcome the stranger

Oh those caravans of invaders coming across the Southern Border. We must deal with them by sending them back to fix their countries of origin; leaving them to suffer and be harassed at the border; and/or transporting them to Democratically-run cities in the north where it is freezing cold, and they know no one. What an absurd way to “welcome the stranger”.

Meanwhile, there is a labor shortage – older people are not working to full retirement age of 70; others are not interested in jobs that are not suitable because of hours, location, wages; and there are signs of stress in stores and post offices where workers are overwhelmed with demands on productivity. Imagine, certain railway workers do not have seven days paid sick leave, and there is a shortage of teachers and doctors. (Idaho alone needs 700 plus teachers.)

To add to these problems, the dysfunctional right-wing Supreme Court is keeping Title 42 in place, not allowing people across the border because of COVID, when it is rare to find anyone here wearing a mask these days. AND President Biden just expanded Title 42.

Let’s demand the three branches of government get serious and fix our immigration system. That would improve the lives of many Americans and many immigrants, and restore our image in the world. Let’s “welcome the stranger”. Remember, some of our ancestors who came to this country were “strangers”.

Nancy Street, Cheney