Tamar Jacoby
Tamar Jacoby
Tamar Jacobyis known primarily for her writing on immigration-related issues. She is also president and CEO of ImmigrationWorks USA, an organization self-described as "a national federation of small business owners working to advance better immigration law." Jacoby was a 2012 Bernard L. Schwartz fellow at the New America Foundation...
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When people live as marginalized temporary workers they act like marginalized temporary workers. When they get residency, they invest in themselves, get educated and learn English.
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When people live as marginalized temporary workers, they act like marginalized temporary workers. When they get residency, they invest in themselves, get educated and learn English.
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Some people are going to say it's amnesty, and others are going to say it creates a second-class caste of workers. It's a non-starter for both sides.
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Voters can tell the difference between people who are grandstanding and those who are trying to solve problems.
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In spirit, the whole idea of the reform is for people like David Mendez, who are in essence hard-working Americans with roots in this country, so they can get on the right side of the law.
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The bishops getting involved reminds people of the whole picture. The church goes beyond the illegality and economic concerns to bring in morality concerns.
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It turns out some of those devilish details are giving people trouble now. And what looked like such a promising thing last week ... is turning out to be tough work.
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This deal makes moral sense. We should treat people who put down roots in a community differently than we treat the recently arrived.
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The tough-talking swagger of the kind we're hearing from people in Congress who want enforcement only is not a political winner. It won't solve problems, and it won't win votes.
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For the most part these are hard working, family-oriented people who want to become Americans we should find a way for them to earn their way onto the right side of the law.
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Once upon a time, there was a clear set of choices that people made. Now there are so many choices of how to think, how to define ourselves.
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To call the system inadequate doesn't even come close to it,
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The president made clear that the most effective thing he could do in the short term is to make the case to the country.
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The president is hanging back and letting the Senate do the work. But if they can bring back a comprehensive bill that he can say with a straight face is not amnesty, that's something he can get behind.