The law that broke US immigration
The law that broke US immigration
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00:00- When Americans turned on
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00:14them.
00:15- There's a right way,
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00:32- Our country is invaded by immigrants
00:34who are like cancer cells.
00:37- That same year, Republicans ran on
00:38a tough on immigration platform
00:40and took control of Congress.
00:42Democrats were pushed
00:43to adopt tough positions
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undefined:undefinedact, or IIRIRA.
01:01Its goal was to decrease the number
01:03of undocumented immigrants.
01:05It did the opposite.
01:11Before the 1990s, undocumented immigration
01:13into the U S looked very different.
01:16For one, it was usually temporary.
01:18- [Hiroshi] People used to go back
01:19and forth across the border.
01:21They would go north,
01:22and you know, for the harvest
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01:37he could sponsor them,
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undefined:undefinedfor committing a crime,
01:53and it was mostly limited to major crimes
01:55like murder or trafficking.
01:58But IIRIRA together
01:59with other 1996 laws drastically expanded
02:02to portable crimes
02:03to even minor infractions
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undefined:undefinedcould be deported because
02:22of that old misdemeanor.
02:24And not just if they were
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undefined:undefinedpeople could be deported,
02:53especially after 9/11.
02:55But IIRIRA also made another
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undefined:undefinedbars meet these legal pathways,
03:14nearly impossible to obtain.
03:16They work like this.
03:18Anyone who's been undocumented
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03:35they first have to leave
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undefined:undefinedpunishments that were so severe
03:54to deter people essentially
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undefined:undefinedundocumented immigrants living
04:25at the U S before IIRIRA.
04:27Today, it's at least double that.
04:29- [Jorge] And we are somehow
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undefined:undefinedthe politics in nineties,
04:48didn't really change the
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undefined:undefinedto our needs as a nation,
05:12and certainly aren't responsive
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05:16- [Hiroshi] The idea that
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