If I were King of the universe....

... I would deal with the immigration crisis in this way: I would create Welcome Centers on the border where communities large and small from all over the country would have representatives who would in essence be competing to attract immigrants to their community. There would be a degree of negotiation on both sides, but in the end, communities would get immigrants they want and need and immigrants would end up in communities where they would be welcome and would thrive. There would be a Vermont Immigrant Council that would coordinate the various communities in Vermont that want to attracts immigrants - not every town would need to have a rep on the border. There would be buses bringing immigrants to their new homes on a daily/weekly basis. Towns like Dummerston could both recruit families willing to take in an immigrant family and/or build housing where immigrant families could start out.There would be programs for English-language learning, skill development, etc., at the local level all over the United States (and the world, for that matter). Communities that wanted to remain all white would be free to do so. White supremacists could move to those communities and the rest of us could avoid them like the plague. In the end, I think there would be few such communities. Perhaps they would become curiosities like the petrified wood park in Lemmon, SD. 

I guess you could say that I am for open borders, but it would be a very orderly process in which everyone would win. Is this utopian? I don't think so. I think it is very practical and doable. And we could essentially do away with border patrol and ICE. I think the reality is that this country needs immigrants to remain vital, meet all employment needs, maintain a thriving economy. This would meet that goal and would be more than humane - it would promote human prosperity and full realization of human potential.

These thoughts were prompted by an up-coming meeting at the Dummerston Church later this evening where the immigration crisis will be discussed; this coming Sunday, the service will be devoted to that theme, and the choir is singing an Elton John song, Border Song.