12.9 million lawful permanent residents play in our communities. Supporters point out that immigrants already serve in a wide range of professions in this country — including as lawyers, doctors and military officers — without having to become citizens.
Then, as now, opposition to noncitizen residents in the workplace was based not on actual merit, but on xenophobia and stereotypes. Immigrants were seen as disloyal or treacherous. These lingering attitudes overlook the historical fact that the United States has always had a robust and active population of noncitizen residents who contribute in myriad ways to the economy and to their communities, regardless of whether they become naturalized citizens.
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