We have a problem at the border. Congress must solve it

We have a problem with immigration at our southern border.

Almost everyone can agree we need to do something to solve this problem. The last time we had immigration reform in Congress was done during the Reagan administration in 1986.

Immigration reform is a political "hot potato" where both the Republicans and the Democrats have entrenched positions they do not want to leave to find compromise somewhere in the middle. For the last two months Democrats and Republicans in the Senate have been working on a compromise immigration bill. While no one knows for certain what exactly is in this bill it's been widely reported both the Republicans and the Democrats have made compromises to find a bill that both sides can live with. It has also been reported that the Democrats have made compromises that haven't made before because this bill also has funding tied to it for both Israel and Ukraine.

If you believe immigration reform needs to be done contact our representatives in the United States Congress to look at this bill.

If this bill will help take care of some of the immigration problems at the border tell our Congressional representatives to vote yes on this bill. Doing nothing on this bill will not solve the problem at the border anymore than complaining about the immigration problem solves the issue. Congress is supposed to compromise to find solutions to our problems. After 38 years they need to get this done.

Dennis Feldmann

Cedar Rapids