Addressing immigration in El Paso with smarter borders WashTimesOpEd
The complexities of the region and the politics of trade, security and migration are constantly at play in the El Paso, Texas/Ciudad Juarez border region.
At this moment, we appear far from an optimal situation, exemplified by the last several months of migrant influx in El Paso. Our community continues to show tremendous resilience and concern for these travelers, including families donating clothes and food, and businesses providing meals for migrants.
According to data analyzed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, there are 10 million jobs open to 5 million unemployed workers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says that 66% of immigrants 25 and older participated in the labor force in 2021, while the native-born participation rate was 62%. Data from the Current Population Survey showed that employment for immigrants grew by 6.5%, while for the native-born, it grew less than half that rate, by 2.6%.
The El Paso-Juarez community has long benefited from the flow of goods and services across the border. The development of a wide range of products in Juarez that cross into the United States through El Paso represents a substantial amount of trade. Facilitating crossings and developing ports of entry to their maximum potential must be part and parcel of immigration policy reform.
An efficient guest worker program could be the first step to developing pathways to resident alien status or more.
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