America’s Back Yard is showing up on

America’s Front Porch

Justin BellHaley Satterfield

Old Strategies aren’t working.

O Immigration Act of 1986:O beefed up border controls, O made it illegal for employers to hire

undocumented immigrants, andO required employers to confirm the

legal status of their employees. O Those immigrants before 1982 were

granted immunity.

O Amnesties and Foreign Worker policy won’t fully stop illegal immigration but it’ll make it smaller.

O “Enforcement only” ignores the fact that the U.S. has an increasingly integrated labor market with Latin America.

Secure AmericaO A draft to fix the broken immigration

system.O Enhanced enforcement to ensure the

reformed immigration system if effectively policed.

O Widened legal channels for the future flow of workers and families.

Keys to Make Admission prcoess:

Realistic, Controlled, and Workable

O To provide enough visas for the expected future flow of workers and families.

O To avoid the exploitation and abuses of old-style guest worker visas a year and increasing family reunification visas so that the current illegal flow will be funneled into a legal one while being fair to those from around the world

It does have drawbacks…

O The bill doe not adequately address the acknowledged long-term solution to the migration challenge: economic development in sending nations and communities.

Facts O Current laws do not match the

current needs of the nation.O Some employers say that

immigrants are willing to work jobs that American citizens will not.

O There is no data that shows immigrants are any more likely to commit crimes than citizens.

O people are looking for better opportunities and a higher quality of life than they would have in their native countries.

O Undocumented workers can be found in the agriculture, construction and hospitality industries performing tasks that only the most desperate American would consider.

O Billions of dollars have been appropriated in an effort to remove undocumented immigrants by any means necessary.

O Legalization would allow this group to contribute to the economy through taxes.

O It's morally wrong to punish a person whose only motivation for immigration illegally is a better life for themselves and their family

O "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."