How to fix immigration: Make the green card an expensive but available commodity

Published January 29, 2018 5:01am ET



At heart, the problem with immigration is not the border. The problem is that Congress does not offer enough green cards to good people who qualify.

Currently, the waiting period for an immigrant from Mexico is eight years. That’s just too long. The waiting period drives even good people to the smugglers to get here illegally, because they know jobs are waiting for them here.

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