Focusing on the undocumented hurts immigration debate
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 07:00
in Mathematics & Economics
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner recently signaled that the House may follow the Senate's lead and move immigration legislation. But many policymakers are falling into the "illegality trap" – a phrase coined by Michael Jones-Correa, professor of government, to describe when the debate centers on what to do with undocumented migrants.