Too many Iowans are rejecting what could be a key ingredient to solving the state’s workforce shortage — immigrants, Democratic candidate for governor John Norris said this week.Norris, in a Thursday meeting with the editorial board of the Quad-City Times, said immigrants are a major factor, especially in rural areas, in dealing with stagnant population growth and a worker shortage.“We’ve got to embrace it.
Norris: Iowa Needs More Immigrants
By Ed Tibbetts, Quad-City Times, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
Fri, 05/04/2018 - 3:51pm
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