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The need for immigration reform is no longer in question: our immigration system is broken. Any long-term solution to our nation’s immigration problems must begin with a comprehensive approach to reform that addresses all aspects of our immigration system. Piecemeal reforms have been tried, and they have failed. Our government has pursued a tough enforcement-focused strategy for the past ten years, and the flow of undocumented immigrants has only increased. The evidence speaks for itself. Virtually everyone—from national security experts and chambers of commerce to religious leaders and labor unions—who has studied our immigration system agrees: an enforcement-only approach simply will not work, and the only viable path to a lasting and meaningful solution is holistic, comprehensive reform.
Specifically, any effective reform program must:
1) encourage the undocumented population to come out of the shadows and earn legal status
2) provide fair and lawful ways for American businesses to hire much-needed immigrant workers
3) reduce the unreasonable and counterproductive backlogs in family-based and employment-based immigration by reforming the permanent immigration system
4) protect our national security and the rule of law while preserving and restoring fundamental principles of due process and equal protection.
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