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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What the public wants, and what Congress will focus on, is getting control of our border.
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They're screaming out. They're fed up and they've discovered creative ways to go about venting their frustration.
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Sooner or later we all will have to face the fact that most of the 11 million are here to stay, and it is in our interest as much as theirs to find a way for them to do so legally. There is simply no practical alternative. The only real question before us is how to structure the transition.
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I have concerns about whether it will be workable.
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The chamber went all-out saying this really matters to us.
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Farming, construction, food processing, those businesses can't stay afloat without those workers.
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They are watching very carefully what's going on in Congress and I think they are prepared to encourage the right kind of program ... as it comes out of Congress. He understands he's going to have a big role to play in persuading the public that whatever the answer is, it isn't an amnesty.
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There's always this sense among Republicans that 'sealing the border' will be a winner. But it never works. There's probably about 15 percent of the Republican base that are adamant about the issue and will vote on it.
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Their political judgment is that weighing in on the specifics is not the most effective strategy for them.
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It's not a question of 'can we fix this?' It's 'when and how?'
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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.
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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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Voters can tell the difference between people who are grandstanding and those who are trying to solve problems.
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We're trying to replace a nudge-nudge, wink-wink system of unrealistic laws that don't get enforced with realistic laws that can be enforced.