GOP Gov. Stitt Tells Trump to 'Calm' Politics by Letting States Import Migrants

GOP Gov. Stitt Tells Trump to ‘Calm’ Politics by Letting States Import Migrants


President Donald Trump should “calm” the escalating Minneapolis battle over migration by allowing states to import a new sub-citizen category of cheap foreign workers for U.S. jobs, says Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt.

“We have to stop politicizing this [fight over immigration], we need real solutions on immigration reform,” Stitt told CNN on Sunday, adding: “And I believe that I’ve got a great solution that we should give the states the authority to do workforce permits.”

He seemed to argue state-run immigration would end partisan fights over illegal migration:

We have to enforce federal laws, but we need to know what is the end game, and I don’t think it’s to deport every single non-U.S. citizen … We need to allow an employer

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