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Article: The Rise Of A New American Underclass.(Next 2008; IMMIGRATION)
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- Newsweek
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- January 7, 2008
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Byline: Ellis Cose
The real issue is not how many people to let in, but how to help them all fit in.
Immigration has always evoked outsize, even irrational, reactions. But the irony of this presidential season is that candidates are getting all worked up over an issue about which they largely agree. The major candidates have effectively reached consensus that America should provide a path to citizenship (just don't call it "amnesty") for many now in the shadows, while more effectively discouraging illegal immigration. This ideally would be done with the help of the Mexican government, which also has a stake in a rational immigration policy. Jorge ...