Rethinking Immigration Proposals: Security and Enforcement Gaps


 

Publication Date: October 2006

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Stewart Baker

Research Area: Law and ethics; Population and demographics

Keywords: Immigration

Type: Speech

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The 1986 immigration law made it difficult for employers to identify if a prospective employee was in the U.S. legally. Low penalties made it cheap for employers to violate the law. Whatever immigration bill Congress enacts must close those loopholes.