Move Over Chicken Little. Maine’s Business Leaders Have Got You Beat
By Ira Mehlman December 16, 2019 No Comments
The headline of a Bangor Daily News op-ed reads, “Maine needs immigrants to avert an economic crisis.†The opinion piece penned by the executive director of the Maine Business Immigration Coalition is a passionate plea for Congress to declare amnesty for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals beneficiaries before the Supreme Court rules on whether President Trump has the constitutional authority to do away with a policy implemented by his predecessor.
“Every year, DACA recipients contribute nearly $4 million to Maine’s GDP,†notes Beth Stickney. Let’s take her word for that. But even in a small state like Maine, the loss of $4 million hardly seems to rise to the level of “an economic crisis.†Turns out, even if every DACA recipient in Maine were to suddenly disappear, the impact would fall far short of a glitch, much less a crisis.
https://www.immigrationreform.com/2019/12/16/daca-maine-illegal-immigration-immigrationreform-com/
