Demonstrators hold up balloons during an immigration rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and Temporary Protected Status (TPS), programs, near the U.S. Capitol.

The Debate on Merit-Based vs. Family Unification Immigration

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 24, 2018

Matthew O'Brien, director of research at the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), lays out the benefits of a merit-based immigration system for the United States while Anu Joshi, immigration policy director at the New York Immigration Coalition, makes the case for the current family unification immigration system.

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