Next Steps for Immigration Reform and Workplace Enforcement

Legislative efforts in immigration reform have died off since the debate on the Comprehensive Immigra­tion Reform Act of 2007 (S. 1348), but for the past several years, the Bush Administration did consider­able work in advancing immigration reform outside the legislative process. One such effort was to enhance internal enforcement of immigration laws. The new emphasis on enforcement has resulted in a noticeable increase in the detention and deportation of illegal immigrants. However, enforcement still faces several obstacles before all immigration laws are successfully executed. For improved enforcement to be an effective component of immigration reform, the necessary resources must be available to support a compassion­ate and responsible policy.

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