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Immigration: Many Questions, A Few Answers
Publication Date: October 2007
Publisher(s): Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Lamar Smith
Series: Heritage Lecture
Topic: Law and ethics (Immigration law)
Population and demographics (Immigrants and aliens)
Keywords: Immigration; Texas; birthright citizenship; entitlement spending
Type: Speech
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
U.S. immigration laws are not broken, they are not enforced. Illegal immigrants impose a great cost to the U.S. Congress is long overdue in making sure the Fourteenth Amendment is correctly interpreted and that employment eligibility verification and employers fines for immigration violations are enforced.