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Illegal Immigration: A Continuing Issue for the 1980s

Vernon M. Briggs Jr, Cornell University ILR School

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Briggs, V. M., Jr. (1981). Illegal immigration: A continuing issue for the 1980s [Electronic version]. New Jersey Bell Journal, 10-19. http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/articles/151/

Abstract

[Excerpt] Illegal immigration is not simply a matter of mounting numbers of individuals occupying American turf. Illegal immigrants compete for employment and income opportunities with citizen workers, usually low-wage-earning minorities, women, and youth. Equally disturbing is the creation and institutionalization of a permanent subclass of rightless persons within American society that unauthorized residence here fosters.

What follows is a discussion of the issue of illegal immigration, its causes, its social and economic ramifications and the need for a multifaceted, comprehensive policy. It is only through such a complete policy that we can hope to control the problem.

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Vernon M. Briggs Jr. "Illegal Immigration: A Continuing Issue for the 1980s" Articles & Chapters (1981).
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/vernon_briggs/164