ABClatino Magazine Year 8 Issue 5 | Page 17

Por / By Robert Fuchs, Esq.

The immigration laws of the U.S. are a group of antiquated rules that do not adequately address the realities of the twenty-first century, and these laws are too easily influenced by political agendas whenever there is a change in Congress and/or in the White House.

In the 1980’s, the U.S. government knew that the immigration system was broken, but instead of fixing the problem they merely legalized the status of the undocumented living here.  Since the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, the U.S. government has closed off the immigration system to those who want and need it the most, people from third-world countries.

Those immigrants who benefited from the amnesty of 1986 played an important role in the economic growth of this country in the 1990’s. Now, as our economy is recuperating after COVID, we need to make the necessary reforms so that today’s immigrants may fully participate in the process of economic and social growth in America.

THE PATH FORWARD FOR IMMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRATION 

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