Source: Liberalism.org
by David L Leal
“After decades of contention, we seem to have given up on reforming our immigration system. That system has long had many irrational features. For years, Congress chased the mirage of ‘compromise immigration reform,’ and now the Trump administration and congressional Republicans have gone all in on mass deportation. Neither approach can resolve the fundamental tension between an economy that demands immigrant workers and federal laws that criminalize their hiring. When we tire of self-harming laws and policies and seek rational approaches designed to solve real problems, we will need to go back to basics and reevaluate the very language—and thereby the principles—we use to discuss the issue.” (11/12/26)
https://liberalism.org/essays/the-language-of-legal-immigration