Emeritus Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University
Position:
Pro employer sanctions
to the question "What are the solutions to illegal immigration in America?"
Reasoning:
"Three steps must be taken: Employer sanctions – which were advertised as being the 'centerpiece' of the strategies to combat illegal immigration when they were enacted in 1986 – must be made to work. A requirement to verify social security numbers (as recommended by CIR) must be made mandatory immediately while steps be initiated to establish a national counterfeit proof worker identification system are put into place. The card would not have to be carried with someone but only be produced at those times when one applied for a job or for some government benefit. Enforcement must become a reality. Fines for violations of the employer sanctions system must be increased and used routinely. The same for criminal penalties for repeat offenders. By both deed and national publicity, the message must be made clear to the public that illegal immigrants will not work in the United States. Those apprehended will be fined too (if employed) and deported. More worksite inspectors and border patrol personnel hired and deployed and more detention facilities added. There must be no amnesties given for those who have illegally entered the United States to work. There have been seven amnesties since 1986 when the first such amnesty was given. Another was even pending in the U.S. Senate on the infamous day of September 11, 2001 when terrorists attacked in New York City and Washington, DC. It was abandoned in the wake of those attacks because background checks as required of legal immigrants were never done for those who entered illegally."
"Real Immigration Reform: The Path to Credibility - Before the Subcommittee on Immigration
of the Judiciary Committee of
the U.S. House of Representatives," Center for Immigration Studies, May 3, 2007
Experts
Immigration officials, people with post-graduate degrees in fields relevant to immigration issues, Members of Congress, or elected officials with significant involvement in, or related to, immigration issues. [Note: Experts definition varies by site]
Involvement and Affiliations:
Emeritus Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 2006 - present
Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 1978-2006
Professor of Economics, University of Texas at Austin, 1974-1978
Visiting Lecturer, Institute for Employment and Training, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1972-1981
Visiting Associate Professor of Labor and Industrial Relations, Graduate School of Labor and Industrial Relations, Michigan State University, 1969
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Texas at Austin, 1968-1974
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Texas at Austin, 1964-1968
Assistant Instructor of Economics, Michigan State University, 1961-1964
Graduate Teaching Assistant of Economics, Michigan State University, 1960-1961
Member, American Economic Association
Member, Labor and Employment Relations Association
"The Economic Well-Being of Black Americans: The Overarching Influence of U.S. Immigration Policy," The Impact of Immigration on African Americans, ed. Stephen Shulman, 2004
Mass Immigration and the National Interest: Policy Directions for a New Century, 2003
Immigration and American Unionism, 2001
Mass Immigration and the National Interest, 1996
Cowritten with Stephen Moore, Still An Open Door? U.S. Immigration Policy and the American Economy, 1994
Immigration Policy: A Tool of Labor Economics?, 1993
