Mary Giovagnoli: The TT Interview
Mary Giovagnoli, the director of the American Immigration Council’s Immigration Policy Center, was in Austin this week to speak at the University of Texas School of Social Work on immigration politics and what happens after the general election. She took time to talk to the Tribune about what she thinks immigration reform could look like, who will put up the largest hurdles toward a comprehensive solution and what the economic gain will be if reform is passed.
The following is an edited transcript of the interview.
TT: Are we going to have immigration reform at the federal level sometime ...
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Mary Muna via Texas Tribune on Facebook
They should change focus and help all of our own people in natural disasters and financial crisis.
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The only economic benefit would be to the illegal aliens from foreign countries. Citizens of the USA would continue loosing jobs to them because they would work for less, housing costs would continue rising because of supply and demand, we the citizens who pay taxes would still foot the bills for increased demands on healthcare, schools, foodstamps, public services etc...