Immigration Reform: Three Vital Components (Alex Nowrasteh)

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Channel: The Cato Institute · 2013 · News & Politics

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Three components should be included in any immigration reform effort:

1. A robust guest worker program for nonagricultural workers.
2. Policies that welcome all highly skilled immigrants.
3. An understanding that "enforcement first" is a copout.

Alex Nowrasteh is a policy analyst on immigration at the Cato Institute.

Good and bad of immigration proposal:  http://www.cato.org/blog/good-bad-immigration-reform-blueprint
Immigration enforcement:  http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/faith-immigration-enforcement-misplaced
Guest worker oped:  http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/immigration-reform-should-boost-all-skill-levels

Video produced by Caleb O. Brown and Austin Bragg.

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