This is the Cato Daily Podcast for Wednesday, November 13th, 2019.

I'm Caleb Brown.

The feds run immigration.

So is there anything states can do to make the country more welcoming to people who

want to bring their culture, their families, and their skills? Josh Smith is a

research manager at the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State. In

Colorado Springs last month we discussed policies

states can adopt on behalf of would-be immigrants. The federal government has the

authority over immigration to the United States of America.

So what is left then for states to be able to do, or even cities to be able to do to deal with or set rules for immigration.

There's a lot that states and cities can do.

It starts with doing the simple things of making sure that refugees and immigrants have the tools they need to succeed and aren't prevented by laws that don't encourage permissionless innovation.

So one example, Rosa Cernos, grew up in Arkansas.

She's protected through DACA, her parents brought her to the US

when she was just a young girl.

She grew up in the US, wanted to be a nurse her whole life.

Wasn't able to because when she started going to nursing school,

went through the process to apply,

they told her because of your status as a DACA citizen,

person in the US, you're not allowed to become a nurse in Arkansas.

And that's a problem for a lot of reasons, not just because that's what Rosa wanted to do with

their life, but because Arkansas, like many states, has a shortage of medical professionals.

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