Pocan’s immigration policy

Disappointment in my Democratic congressman Mark Pocan reached a new high with his announcement that he will introduce legislation eliminating the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency “Walker touts protecting border, won’t talk about Trump,” June 26).

Already an advocate of open borders and the abandonment of American workers in favor of cheap foreign labor, he has stooped to injecting race into the immigration controversy.

“Unfortunately,” Pocan said during his announcement, “President Trump and his team of white nationalists, including Stephen Miller, have so misused ICE that the agency can no longer accomplish its goals effectively.”

Let’s be honest: If the agency can’t accomplish its goals, it’s because the Congress that created it lacks the spine to support it.

The issue is not about race but about a sovereign nation’s right to control its borders and determine who and how many people should be granted the privilege of being admitted into this country.

Pocan’s alternative to ICE is disingenuous because his party has no interest in enforcing our immigration laws “humanely” or otherwise. A “commission” to address enforcement would be one more layer of bureaucracy that, in effect, would be another roadblock aimed at nullifying the nation’s sovereignty.

Dave Gorak Executive director Midwest Coalition to Reduce Immigration

Value of full employment

I want to challenge the article, (“The problems of full employment,” June 24).

Full employment is not a bad thing. The marginally employable have work, and the competition for workers increases wages. Full employment gives more power to workers. We didn’t have to mandate a $15-an-hour minimum wage. It fixes itself if we let it work.

Is there any doubt that had we had full employment anytime between 2008 and 2016, the headline would have read “Full employment driving up wages for the average worker?”

Jay Kasmerchak