KJCT8.com - Grand Junction, Montrose - Weather, News, Sports | Salazar talks about immigration in GJ
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BY: CRYSTAL JENKINS
U.S. senator Ken Salazar paid a visit to Grand Junction today he wants to hear your concerns so he can take them back to the state senate.
Among those, oil and gas, the bark beetle problem, and home foreclosures.
Salazar also addressed Mesa County residents both in favor and opposed to illegal immigration.
Salazar says he'd like to see the United States adopt a system that works for everyone, but it's an extremely difficult issue with varying opinions.
The senator says the first step is to successfully secure our borders.
He says there also needs to be a systematic process employers use to verify whether a worker is legal or not.
Salazar hopes the November presidential election will yield positive results on this issue.
Salazar: "Whoever is president, on either the Democratic or Republican side, will work with the Congress and try to get an immigration package through that works because if we don't get an immigration reform package that works, we end up compromising our national security."
Salazar says it's impossible to keep national security when we have half a million people coming into the country, and we don't know who they are.
The senator also says we need to find a path forward with respect to the 12 million undocumented workers living in the United States.
He says because this affects small business, not doing so, could compromise our economic security even further.
