…for the Immigration Policy Center, with Jimmy Gomez…
If the current political stalemate over immigration reform is any indication, many U.S. policymakers have yet to heed the lessons of recent history when it comes to formulating a realistic strategy to control undocumented immigration. In 1986, lawmakers passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) in an attempt to reign in undocumented immigration through heightened worksite and border enforcement, combined with legalization of most
undocumented immigrants already in the country. Unfortunately, IRCA failed to offer a long-term solution to the
problem of undocumented immigration…
