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Conservative Immigration Reform and Illegal Immigrants

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Huiyun Tang

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DOI:10.17265/2159-5526/2015.12.002

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Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China

ABSTRACT

In 1996, Congress enacted Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA). Actually, it was a conservative legislation. It not only tightened border control but also strictly limited the public benefits about illegal immigration. Why Congress enacted serious immigration legislation in the 1990s? Generally speaking, economic factor and politics played an important role in it. In details, several reasons can account for its conservatism: (1) The first reason is that the increase number of illegal immigration led to the high cost of state governments, many state governments complained it; (2) The second reason is the influence of 187 Act which deported illegal immigration in primary and high school and it produced chain effect for other states; (3) The third reason is political election, including Congress election and president campaign. 187 Act greatly influenced GOP (Grand Old Party) and Congress, which was controlled by GOP, tended to take serious measures to contain illegal immigrants. Did IIRRA work? In fact, it did not control illegal immigration. After 1990s, more and more illegal immigration entered into America and U.S. has become the nation with the most illegal immigrants in the world. Therefore, Congress should consider comprehensive immigration reform.

KEYWORDS

Conservative immigration reform, illegal immigrants, 187 Act

Cite this paper

Sociology Study, December 2015, Vol. 5, No. 12, 911-919

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