Books, Arts & Manners: A Question of Sovereignty

In Liberty’s Shadow: Illegal Aliens and Immigration Law Enforcement, by Edwin Harwood (Hoover, 224 pp., $25.95)

In the first major overhaul of U.S. immigration policy since the mid 1960s, the 99th Congress finally passed the Simpson-Rodino Immigration Reform Act, which was signed into law by President Reagan last November. Employers who persist in hiring illegal aliens will now face fines and possible imprisonment. But the goal of reducing the high level of immigration was subverted by the provision of amnesty for illegal aliens who provide documentation—easily forged—that they have resided in this country since 1982.

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In Liberty’s Shadow: Illegal Aliens and Immigration Law Enforcement, by Edwin Harwood (Hoover, 224 pp., $25.95)

In the first major overhaul of U.S. immigration policy since the mid 1960s, the 99th Congress finally passed the Simpson-Rodino Immigration Reform Act, which was signed into law by President Reagan last November. Employers who persist in hiring illegal aliens will now face fines and possible imprisonment. But the goal of reducing the high level of immigration was subverted by the provision of amnesty for illegal aliens who provide documentation—easily forged—that they have resided in this country since 1982.