GOP Governors Want States To Be Able To Sponsor Immigrants From Abroad

Congress has not managed to pass any significant immigration reform since it approved a plan in 1986 during the administration of President Reagan.

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A pair of migrant families pass through a gap in the border wall to reach the United States after crossing from Mexico to Yuma, Arizona. Record numbers of Cubans have been arriving at the border this year. AP/Eugene Garcia, file

Two GOP governors have banded together and issued a call for Congress to end the two-decade-old standoff over immigration policy and allow states to sponsor immigrants who want to resettle in America.

In an op-ed article in the Washington Post, Utah’s governor, Spencer Cox, and the governor of Indiana, Eric Holcomb, said their states have hundreds of thousands of open jobs that cannot be filled by people moving in from other states. Their respective states “need immigrants who are ready to work and help build strong communities,” the pair said.

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