I support Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler’s sensible compromise solution to the federal budget impasse: a border wall accompanied by a safe harbor for innocent, faultless Dreamers.
We need a complete, integrated solution to immigration issues. This compromise would be a constructive first step toward that, one which most of us can support when we remember that almost all of us here today are descended from courageous, forward-looking, beloved ancestors who were not born here.
The longer that this budget impasse persists, the more ordinary Americans will be harmed by other politicians’ failure to find a principled middle ground — government employees are working without pay, putting their families at risk; taxpayers will not receive income tax refunds when they expect and need them; access to national parks is limited and many parks are unsafe and filthy; travelers will suffer long delays at airports; and the list of avoidable adverse consequences goes on and on.
Thank you, Jaime, for showing us the way out.
