Ten-year moratorium needed to craft sensible immigration policy

Letter date: 
Monday, March 28, 2016
Letter publisher: 
OregonLive.com
Letter author: 
Greg Schifsky
Letter body: 

Immigration policy: 

After studying the immigration of illegal and legal migrants to the U.S., it is clear to me that some people south of the border pay up to $5,000 to a "coyote" for smuggling them into this country for economic and social reasons. I've been told by migrants that they leave because of corruption and filth. There continues to be a lack of respect in those societies because of corruption, drugs and other dangers. Paying up to $5,000 to migrate means that monies were earned somehow, some way. What those countries need is a living wage, such as that proposed in Oregon (about $15). A soft revolution is the only way that could happen. Also, a 10-year moratorium is needed for the U.S. to craft a sensible immigration policy; those who caused this need are the 11 million illegals who jumped ahead of the line.