Perspective: The United States has a long history of pairing policies that help some immigrants with harsh enforcement measures that hurt far more people, Luis A. Romero writes.
But this compromise may ultimately work against immigrant rights. In fact, for nearly four decades, these kinds of compromises that provide some benefits for some immigrants also create harsher immigration enforcement for future migrants, including increases in detention, deportation and involvement with the criminal legal system.
By the 1970s, undocumented immigration was a growing political issue. Heading into the 1980s, policymakers contemplated policy changes that would curtail this immigration, address concerns that the border was “out of control,” protect longtime residents from deportation and ensure that any such legislation didn’t disrupt agricultural production.. That law created several opportunities for undocumented immigrants to receive legal status in the United States.
While IRCA’s legalization provision served as a “pro-immigrant” carrot to gain buy-in from the immigrant community and their advocates, the anti-immigrant stick was not far behind. As part of IRCA, employers now had to validate their workers’ eligibility, or face penalties — a precursor policy to E-Verify, a system for employers to verify someone’s employment eligibility, which began as a. Employers could face financial penalties, or even imprisonment if they showed a pattern of noncompliance.
The promise of benefits that are coupled with increased immigration enforcement has been central to subsequent efforts to reform the immigration system, regardless of which party holds power in Washington., President Bill Clinton also proclaimed a pro-immigrant stance, stating that the United States “welcome[s] those who fear persecution in their homeland and those who come to our country to work hard and play by the rules.
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