Friday, September 5, 2014

The History of U.S. Immigration Policy Explained in 2 Minutes

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House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) suggested in Sept. 2014 that Congress might work on immigration reform the following year — if President Barack Obama enforced current laws and didn't act on it unilaterally.


There's just one thing: Boehner and the Republican Party have made that same statement before, but neither the GOP nor Democrats are any closer to finding a solution to the United States' immigration issues



Democrats and Republicans generally agree that the American immigration system is in dire need of repair. There are more than 11.7 million undocumented immigrants in the country today — roughly equal to the populations of New York City, Chicago and Detroit combined — while there aren't nearly enough visas for highly skilled immigrants to meet the demand. Read more...


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