March 17, 2010 09:10 PM UTC

Boulder Daily Camera: Immigration Reform Needed

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• by: Laura Chapin

With pro-immigration reform rallies coming up in Denver and DC on March 21, the Boulder Daily Camera editorialized this morning on the need for practical, compassionate immigration reform:

https://www.dailycamera.com/edi…

“…In the interest of growing our economy, providing a great future for all of our children, securing our borders and continuing our strong legacy of being the melting pot of the world, we need immigration reform.”

The editorial makes excellent points about the fact that just as the Irish immigrants contributed and built the fabric of our nation, so too will Latino/a immigrants.

“Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of America. According to a U.S. Census projection, there will be 102.6 million Latinos living here in 2050. They will double their share of the nation`s population to 24.4 percent. Like their Irish American counterparts, they are our great artists, and will be our astronauts, our future presidents.”

And that immigration reform is key to helping young Coloradoans achieve their dreams:

“…Getting a higher education or imagining a future outside of off-the-books work is a pipe dream for many of your neighbors — like the 23-year-old former Boulder honor roll student whose mother brought her here as a kid, but didn`t have a social security card to use the scholarship she earned.

She`ll be on a bus headed to Washington D.C. this weekend, to attend the March for America with other Coloradans to fight for immigration reform.”

More on this young woman’s story here:

https://www.coloradoimmigrant.o…

and on the pro-immigration reform rallies in DC and Denver here:

https://www.coloradoimmigrant.o…

https://reformimmigrationforame…