GOP Statement Seeks Reform to Legal Immigration System  A
statement of principles was released at today’s Republican
members retreat.  Part of it was a brief outline of how the
legal immigration system and guest worker visa systems should be
reformed.  It reads:    One point these principles don’t mention
is that a working legal immigration system is essential to
resolving unauthorized immigration. The solution to America’s
problem with unauthorized immigration does not lie with more
restrictions, less lawful immigration, and more restrictions on
the freedom of Americans.  The solution lies with deregulating
our immigration system, allowing more immigrants to come lawful
on green cards and guest worker visas, and minimizing the
government’s role in picking immigrant winners and losers.  The
market can do that far more effectively than a government
agency, regardless of all the shiny new fences, border drones,
and invasive government databases they command.     Some of
these ideas are good starts and I would h