comprehensive Immigration Reform. conflict in Washington over immigration policy is
intense. To date, conflicting interests have prevented any effective action to halt illegal immigration or to determine the status of millions of illegal immigrants already living in the United States,or to decide how many immigrants should be admitted each year and what
the criteria for their admission should be. Among the diverse interests with a stake in immigration policy are employers seeking to keep immigration as open as possible,millions of illegal immigrants seeking a legal path to citizenship, and citizens seeking border security and
opposed to "amnesty" for illegal aliens
"Comprehensive" immigration reform implies compromises among these interests.In
2007 Congress considered a comprehensive 789-page bill, cosponsored by Senators Edward
M- Kennedy and John McCain, that included the following major provisions: strengthening
border enforcement, including funding of 700 miles of fencing, granting legal status to
millions of undocumented immigrants currently living in the country;providing a path to
citizenship that includes criminal background checks, paying fines and fees, and acquiring English proficiency; establishing, a temporary (two-year) guest worker program; shifting the criteria for legal immigration from family-based preferences to a greater emphasis on skills and education. But opponents of one or another of these various provisions, both Democrats
and Republicans, united to defeat the bill in the U.S. Senate.
comprehensive Immigration Reform. conflict in Washington over immigration policy is
intense. To date, conflicting interests have prevented any effective action to halt illegal immigration or to determine the status of millions of illegal immigrants already living in the United States,or to decide how many immigrants should be admitted each year and what
the criteria for their admission should be. Among the diverse interests with a stake in immigration policy are employers seeking to keep immigration as open as possible,millions of illegal immigrants seeking a legal path to citizenship, and citizens seeking border security and
opposed to "amnesty" for illegal aliens
"Comprehensive" immigration reform implies compromises among these interests.In
2007 Congress considered a comprehensive 789-page bill, cosponsored by Senators Edward
M- Kennedy and John McCain, that included the following major provisions: strengthening
border enforcement, including funding of 700 miles of fencing, granting legal status to
millions of undocumented immigrants currently living in the country;providing a path to
citizenship that includes criminal background checks, paying fines and fees, and acquiring English proficiency; establishing, a temporary (two-year) guest worker program; shifting the criteria for legal immigration from family-based preferences to a greater emphasis on skills and education. But opponents of one or another of these various provisions, both Democrats
and Republicans, united to defeat the bill in the U.S. Senate.
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