Perianne
06-30-2015, 11:52 AM
This article suggests that splitting the difference on the status of illegal immigrants might be the solution. Your thoughts?
If we succeeded in removing the hyperbole and stereotypes from the immigration debate, our politics might open itself to a balanced approach to the problem: legalization for as many undocumented immigrants as possible, but citizenship for none of them. Under this proposal, illegal immigrants who so desired could become "permanent non-citizen residents" with no option of ever naturalizing.
http://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/splitting-the-difference-on-illegal-immigration
If we succeeded in removing the hyperbole and stereotypes from the immigration debate, our politics might open itself to a balanced approach to the problem: legalization for as many undocumented immigrants as possible, but citizenship for none of them. Under this proposal, illegal immigrants who so desired could become "permanent non-citizen residents" with no option of ever naturalizing.
http://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/splitting-the-difference-on-illegal-immigration