Negotiate on behalf of the people

I do think there is a need for border security. But I also think a wall isn’t the answer. We can manage border security in a less corporal way.

I also know that there is a serious impact on the job markets by undocumented workers “taking our jobs.” But let’s get real, let’s start with President Donald Trump’s golf courses and hotels, where they hire undocumented workers and provide them phony paperwork. How about that?

It does no good to blame Democrats, or even Republicans.

We need elected officials who can act more grownup and negotiate on behalf of the people they’re supposed to represent. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is giving up all decisionmaking to the president, and that’s not his job. How about we start holding these people accountable for their actions? This political game-playing is a joke to the people.

Jim Crawford Cotati, Calif.