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A Revival of Bracero Program May Be What We Need to Address Rising Illegal Immigration

A Revival of Bracero Program May Be What We Need to Address Rising Illegal Immigration

Most discussion today on addressing the illegal immigration focuses on border security. But we learned from past experiences is that  enhancing border security alone is inadequate and ineffective to reduce illegal immigration. Since most of illegal immigrants are economic migrants, maybe it’s time to revival something worked well in the past for both economic migrants and the U.S. economy, the Bracero program.