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J AZ's avatar

Ted - I remember Simpson-Mazzoli and the sense at that time that Reagan hadn’t solved the issues. Maybe a stopgap. But success would depend on pursuing action against employers of undocumented workers plus more effective border enforcement. Those never came.

Instead came NAFTA, economic disruptions for working class people in US & Mexico, climate changes, posturing & grandstanding…

“without good-faith efforts” has been the subtitle of US immigration & border policy for decades.

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Ted Asregadoo's avatar

J AZ, effective border enforcement would likely work better if there was more employer enforcement. The lobbying against employer enforcement is intense, so what ends up being the status quo is the mess we're in.

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