Admitting past mistakes key to effective immigration reform

author Published by Chris Chmielenski

As the former head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agency charged to enforce existing immigration laws, I have an insider’s perspective of the challenges that face us. Since the 1986 amnesty, inconsistent enforcement, coupled with an inefficient and restrictive pathway for legal access to the country, have left us with a broken immigration system. Many people concluded that it is far simpler to come here illegally, get a job, and hope that the law will change to let them stay, rather than to wait in unreasonably long lines to come here legally. Many employers grew frustrated with the nearly decade-long wait for some petitions for workers with essential skills and just took their chances that enforcement would not target their business.http://dailycaller.com/2010/03/26/admitting-past-mistakes-key-to-effective-immigration-reform/By Julie Myers Wood — The Daily Caller

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