Video Debunks Immigration Myths, Calls for Reform
The American Immigration Lawyers Association has produced a video on immigration reform. The video debunks common myths, such as that immigrants are a drain on the economy, that Americans do not support comprehensive immigration reform, that legalizing the undocumented is unfair to those who are waiting in line, that immigration reform is really an “amnesty” program for those in the U.S. illegally, and that enforcement of existing laws is sufficient to fix the system. The video is critical of enforcement-only efforts, which the narrator and commentators say tend to drive the undocumented further underground and contribute to smuggling and fraud.
