Book claims US immigration reform could provide much needed economic boost
December 29 2009 by Liam Clifford
A book by Cleveland-based immigration lawyer Richard T. Herman and journalist Robert L. Smith argues that US immigration reform could help the US economic recovery efforts.
The experts’ approach to the subject looks upon immigrants as an asset,
rather than a liability, to the US. Herman and Smith claim that
animosity towards illegal immigrants has transformed into animosity
towards legal immigrants, the large majority of whom benefit the US and
have done so for centuries.
The US immigration policy reform debate has further added to the
problem. The book puts the emphasis back on the fact that thousands of
would-be legal immigrants are desperate to work in the US, pay taxes
and send their children to college. However, many are currently having
to wait years or even decades for this privilege.
The authors point out that among the queue of immigrants waiting to
gain US visas, there are, "brilliant engineers, high-technology
specialists, investors and merchants almost certain to become
entrepreneurs." The book says that the US immigration laws are
antiquated and are in desperate need of reform. This is an opinion
shared by many in US government and industry who are putting pressure
on the President to step up his efforts for reform this in 2010.
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