Thread: Our views for August 14, 2011 A solution’ for nonissue

Our views for August 14, 2011 A solution’ for nonissue
Louisiana has an immigration problem.

Unfortunately, legislators and Gov. Bobby Jindal addressed the immigration problem that does not exist.

That is the anti-immigrant innuendo, now engraved in legislation, that foreigners are sneaking across the borders to take away jobs Americans want.

Would that were the problem in our state, that would mean people are clamoring to get here to participate in our booming economy.

Louisiana’s immigration problem is that we have too few immigrants, not too many.

In about a decade, Louisiana gained about 33,000 immigrants from other countries. That number pales compared with those going to states such as California or Texas. And only Mississippi gained fewer immigrants, according to a study by LSU demographer Troy Blanchard.

“Immigrants, like everyone else, go where the jobs are,â€

[quote]Louisiana’s immigration problem is that we have too few immigrants, not too many.

“Immigrants, like everyone else, go where the jobs are,â€