We’ve got a win-win opportunity here to help the Ukrainian people and strengthen our own country in the process, writes Brad_Polumbo. 'The only question is whether our leaders have the moral clarity and political courage to do it.'
that Americans overwhelmingly side with the Ukrainian people. That begs a question: Why aren’t we doing more to accept Ukrainian refugees?by CNN, the United States has accepted only 690 Ukrainian refugees. The little movement we have made so far on this front has come in the form of allowing Ukrainians already in the U.S. to remain in the country. Unfortunately, our legal immigration system is a broken, dysfunctional, archaic nightmare.
That might sound like a lot, but it’s actually a tiny blip in a country of more than 330 million people. And no, America isn’t"full."16 states with declining populations, a recipe for"economic stagnation." So why not allow states that want to welcome Ukrainian refugees to step up? We could even limit their legal status to that particular state if that would assuage critics' concerns.