Let's be honest, these days, immigration feels like a four-letter word. Compromise in our current political environment feels impossible and a showdown at the Texas border feels inevitable. But Ohio isn't Texas.
Our borders don't touch other countries but we are touched by immigration. Immigrants, both legal and non-legal, make up 6% of the labor force in Ohio. They work on our farms and our tech companies, attend schools on student visas, resettle as refugees, and yes, cross the border illegally seeking asylum here in Ohio. Our own Ohio politicians have also gotten themselves all tangled up in immigration.
Join us for season two of Untangled as we work to sort out immigration's impact on Ohio's economy, schools, and communities.
Season two launches on Monday, June 3.