In a July 9 Monitorletter to the editor, David Strang essentially said Democrats are for open borders. With all due respect, nothing could be further from the truth. We want policies such as more immigration judges at our southern border to hear asylum cases rather than warehousing facilities operated by for-profit entities.
Chip Nadeau wrote “flaming liberals” don’t want to fix the border problem (Monitor letters, July 8). Au contraire! We “flaming liberals” want comprehensive immigration reform. The U.S. Senate passed bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform in 2013, but Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner refused to bring it to the floor.
In 2017-18, Republicans had absolute control of the House, Senate and executive branch. They could have enacted anything they wanted. They passed one piece of major legislation. Remember? A huge tax cut for the wealthiest among us followed by indebting future generations to pay for it.
At any rate, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell could dust off that 2013 bill and get the ball rolling. Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has been calling for comprehensive immigration reform for a decade. So, what do you think the odds are that McConnell will dust off that ole bill?
NANCY HEATH
Epsom