Perspective
Want Immigration Reform? Look to Cities
While fear, anger, and misinformation dominate the federal-level debate, local leaders are making policies that work.
The Trump administration has prioritized reducing immigration by any and all possible means, a pursuit that literally brought the government to a standstill this weekend. While the nation tries to decipher the mixed messages coming from the White House and Congress scrambles to develop a reform agenda that will garner bipartisan support, it’s easy to survey our national conversation about immigration and see only anger, dysfunction, and a fundamental disagreement about what it means to be an American.
But at the local level, things look quite different: Cities across the country are consistently, decisively, and increasingly leading with policies of migrant inclusion and integration.