Instead of causing large-scale misery and shrinking our economy, we should pass sensible immigration reform with a path to citizenship. Because the youth, the youth and diversity of our workforce is one of our greatest assets. Most of the rest of the world that we compete with is aging, so by staying younger and fresher, with talents that can be put to work, we’re actually going to be in a stronger economic position in the next decades. We’ve always been a country where people born elsewhere could work hard, start businesses and contribute to our growth. That makes us stronger and more prosperous.

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