Video · April 19, 2023
What should policymakers prioritize in fixing our immigration system?
Immigration expert Laura Collins, Director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative, joined The American Lyceum to debate how to update America's outdated immigration system.
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Laura Collins
Director, Immigration Policy
“At the Bush Institute we really believe that America benefits from immigration, but we have a very outdated system – one that really doesn’t serve the needs of our country anymore.”
Collins shared three ideas to tackle the challenges the system is currently facing.
- Expand employment-based pathways to immigration
- Streamline adjustment of status to citizenship
- Think globally and regionally about the border crisis
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