Sam Klomhaus via the Denver Business Journal

Jeff Wasden, president, Colorado Business Roundtable: There is bipartisan support for several of the tenants of immigration reform. Consensus and agreement exists around knowing who is moving and operating within our nation's borders while ensuring the safety and protection of our citizens. There has also been a broad conversation about a simple, user friendly, uniformly enforced employee verification system that ensures a level playing field as well as status of workers within the state.

Finally, industry realizes that our visa, guest worker system is inadequate to fill the needs of emerging, innovative companies looking for highly skilled workers that are vital to our global competitiveness. We need to start with areas of agreement and get legislation passed now.