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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.