Immigration Matters
New America Media, Commentary, Rich Stolz, Posted: Feb 15, 2008
Iowa farmer Larry Ginter is clear about why he supports a pathway to citizenship. “I’ve been to Mexico. I’ve met migrants. They’re farmers just like me, and just like me, unfair trade policies are pushing them off the land. That’s why I support humane immigration reform.” He told presidential candidate Hillary Clinton this as he stood next to an immigrant youth from New Mexico, and an Irish immigrant leader from Chicago.
Ginter’s statement reflects a genuine gut-held understanding of why his experience is interconnected with those of migrants coming from Latin America. And it’s an invitation to immigrant leaders to join in his struggle to create fair trade policies that can uplift farmers struggling to make ends meet in the United States. It’s the same garment of destiny Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. talked about years ago, how we are all bound together by our destinies; our success isn’t individual, but collective.
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