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Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Immigration Reform
Nicholas Laham
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Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Immigration Reform

Nicholas Laham Nicholas Laham

May 2000

Praeger

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Analyzes the reasons for the poor performance of the Reagan presidency in immigration policy.

Laham argues that Ronald Reagan demonstrated gross ineptitude in his conduct of immigration policy. He failed to press for much-needed reforms in legal immigration while he supported the establishment of a fraud-ridden employer sanctions regime, which had no discernible effect in achieving its goal of stemming the flow of illegal immigration. He failed to take the first step toward the establishment of a fraud-resistant worker verification system, which would enable the employer sanctions provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) to be effectively enforced. Additionally, he supported the amnesty provisions of IRCA, which granted permanent legal residence to 2.7 million often poorly educated, unskilled, and low-wage illegal aliens.

According to Laham, Reagan's failure to develop a sound and effective immigration policy was not due to the president's urge to satisfy the desires of special interests. Rather, the Reagan administration was crippled in its ability to design a sound and effective immigration policy by the lack of accurate and reliable information on this issue and by the president's own ideological hostility toward big government. These factors impeded the ability of Congress to design an effective employer sanctions regime capable of stemming the flow of illegal immigration to the United States. This thorough and controversial analysis will be of particular interest to scholars, students, and researchers involved with American immigration studies, the presidency, and contemporary public policy.
The Assumptions Influencing the Development of the Reagan Administration's Immigration Policy
Interest Groups and Members of Congress Lobby the White House to Influence the Development of Immigration Policy
The Reagan Administration Announces Its Immigration Policy
The Immigration Reform and Control Act and The Challenge of Imposing Employees Sanctions
Ronald Reagan and the Failure of Immigration Policy
Bibliography
Index
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Recommended for upper-division undergraduates and above.—Choice





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