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B1 Mittelstufe Englisch 5:40 Educational

The law that broke US immigration

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When Americans turned on their TVs in the early 1990s, one contentious issue was hard

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to miss: immigration.

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Is immigration good for America?

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The federal government won't stop them at the border.

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You spend $5.5 billion a year to support them.

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There’s a right way. And there’s a wrong way.

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At the time, there were around 5 million undocumented immigrants in the US.

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And most Americans saw immigrants as a burden on the country,

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taking jobs, housing and healthcare,

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and thought immigration as a whole should be decreased.

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Our country is invaded by immigrants who are like cancer cells.

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That same year, Republicans ran on a tough-on-immigration platform

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and took control of Congress.

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Democrats were pushed to adopt tough positions on immigration, too.

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We are a nation of immigrants.

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But we are also a nation of laws.

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In 1996, President Bill Clinton signed a major piece of legislation:

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the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act,

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