Dear Senator Murray,
I was gratified to read Secretary Clinton’s words addressing
the challenge of immigration in Europe.
This issue is the beating heart of the opposition’s claim to legitimacy. People of good will and intelligence know the
complexities of legal immigration needs to be addressed in order to provide an
adequate labor pool in the United States (and across Europe). There are improvements that can be made
through hard work and cooperation. There
is no magic in this recipe.
I am confident that our Democratic team can work with their
colleagues across the aisle to identify and address reasonable and rapid improvement
to legal immigration. The health of our
economy is at stake. And I mean,
today. We have a huge problem, right now,
with lack of qualified workers in many fields across Washington and the entire
country.
Obviously, we need to improve our local education systems
at the same time if anyone expects native-born citizens to compete with the
world. These are basics I believe we can
all agree upon!
Let’s make progress in the next two years.
Thank you for your service, Senator Murray.
Ira Worden
Kirkland, WA