May 1, 2020
That we celebrate foreign labor in medicine but condemn the importation of fruit pickers offers a peculiar inconsistency.
Apparently, Loretta Lynch, President Obama’s nominee to be Attorney General, holds that “I believe that the right and the obligation to work is one that’s shared by everyone in this country regardless of how they came here.”
If people here illegally have a “right” to work does that not necessarily imply that we the people do not have the right to make immigration policy? The “duty” to work is also interesting, but that’s a discussion for another day.
That we celebrate foreign labor in medicine but condemn the importation of fruit pickers offers a peculiar inconsistency.