1. The Range of Policy Choice: Legal Migration
Revise legal quotas
Revise criteria for entry

2. The Range of Policy Choice: Illegal Migration
Strategies for restriction:
Building fences
Blocking corridors (e.g., Operation Gatekeeper)
Withdrawing incentives and benefits (e.g., Prop 187)
Punishing employers
Strategies for opening:
Augmenting quotas
Guest-worker programs
Eliminating barriers
Strategies for reduction:
Targeting economic development
Circulating information
Additional steps?

3. Initiatives on Migration
Phase 1: The Whole Enchilada (January-September 11, 2001)
Phase 2: Focus on Security and Border Fortification
Phase 3: The Second Bush Term
Temporary amnesty for those here and employed
Guest-worker program
Eventual path to citizenship

4. OBAMA AND THE CIR
Path to citizenship: Apply for green card in 10 years, citizenship 3 years after that; pay $1,000 fine plus back taxes; stay employed and learn English (faster track for Dream Act youth)
Border patrol: DHS to receive $3 billion for improved border security, including use of surveillance drones and 3,500 additional agents, plus $1.5 billion for fencing. Within 5 years DHS must achieve 100 % surveillance of border and apprehend 90% of illegal crossers in “high-risk” (densely populated) areas
Skilled workers: visas for skilled engineers and computer programmers to increase from 65,000 per year to 110,00, with an eventual cap as high as 180,000
Guest workers: new program of 20,000 for low-skilled workers, rising to 75,000 by 2019; limitation on farm workers
Family visas: tighter restrictions on family unification; point system based on family ties and work skills by 2015

5. What Would You Do?