John Roehling of Granby holds a sign that reads “Families should be together.” Protestors supporting immigration reform rallied outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Centennial on February 2015. (Patrick Traylor, The Denver Post)
Re: Sky-high legal immigration levels are hurting Colorado workers, April 10 guest commentary.
I read Philip Prine s guest commentary with bewilderment. His conclusions are simply not supported by reality. The reality is that immigration fuels U.S. economic growth — immigrants founded 18 percent of all Fortune 500 companies. Colorado itself is home to many successful companies with at least one founder who was an immigrant or child of an immigrant. Immigration has always been a strength of America, something that has allowed our country to bounce back from recession and build a brighter future. If Prine succeeded in slowing immigration to a trickle, our great state of Colorado, and our entire country, would suffer for it.
Alyssa C. Reed, Commerce City
The writer is Colorado chapter chair for the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
This letter was published in the April 17 edition.
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