{"id":5894,"date":"2014-02-14T15:45:34","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T20:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=5894"},"modified":"2018-12-28T15:12:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:12:49","slug":"what-true-immigration-reform-looks-like-enforce-our-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2014\/02\/14\/what-true-immigration-reform-looks-like-enforce-our-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"What True Immigration Reform Looks Like: Enforce Our Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Robustly and uniformly enforce our immigration laws.<\/h3>\n<p>Policies that direct law enforcement to ignore violations of our laws undermine the rule of law and are inherently unjust to law-abiding <b>legal<\/b> <strong>immigrants<\/strong>. We must enforce our existing immigration laws, eliminate fraud throughout the system, and prohibit the adoption of policies by state\/local governments that encourage illegal immigration or provide benefits to illegal aliens.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enforcement doesn\u2019t require mass deportation.<\/strong> If we enforce our laws and remove the incentives to remain here, <a href=\"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/2012\/02\/07\/attrition-through-enforcement-why-aren%E2%80%99t-illegal-alien-advocates-laughing\/\">many illegal aliens will go home on their own<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.takebackimmigrationreform.com\/legislation\/amnesty\/takebackimmigrationreform\">take back immigration reform<\/a><\/strong> by <strong>robustly and uniformly enforcing our immigration laws.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Learn more:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.takebackimmigrationreform.com\/legislation\/amnesty\/takebackimmigrationreform\">True Immigration Reform: A Policy that Serves the Interests of the American People<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairus.org\/news\/new-report-from-fair-finds-illegal-aliens-are-leaving-arizona-in-response-to-state-immigration-enfor\">Illegal Aliens Leaving Arizona in Response to Enforcement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairus.org\/news\/new-report-from-fair-senate-immigration-bill-falls-far-short-on-enforcement\">Senate Immigration Bill Falls Far Short on Enforcement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairus.org\/issue\/local-immigration-enforcement\">Issue Brief: Local Immigration Enforcement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairus.org\/publications\/president-obama-s-record-of-dismantling-immigration-enforcement\">President Obama&#8217;s Record of Dismantling Immigration Enforcement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fairus.org\/DocServer\/state_local\/Sanctuary_Policies_Across_America_Report.pdf\">Report: Sanctuary City Policies Across the U.S<\/a>. 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Policies that direct law enforcement to ignore violations of our laws undermine the rule of law and are inherently unjust to law-abiding legal immigrants. 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