Forty Dead in another Immigrant Disaster

Most people will say that the people who took a small boat across the Florida Strait to try to enter the United States illegally were responsible for what happened. I say the policy of the United States was the root cause of this disaster and that we the voters are guilty. Our unfair and unkind policy of excluding most people, especially the poor, from entering our country legally caused this tragedy.

It is time to change the laws to allow at least three times as many legal immigrants, especially from countries in our region and to actually become the beacon of freedom we aspire to be.

Note; these people weren’t trying to get to Cuba or Venezuela. The USA is for all its faults is still the best deal available for people who want their children to grow up safe and have opportunities. Why would we not welcome them and put them to work?