How Political Correctness Impedes Immigration Reform
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent looks toward the ocean from within the Border Infrastructure System, a no man's land area between the wall and fence separating California from Mexico on April 17, 2018 in San Diego, California. The way we talk about immigration affects public opinion and government policy. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images
Immigration reform requires a political and social environment in which well-meaning individuals can speak honestly about the nature of the problem and its implications for American society. Unfortunately, that is not our world right now. Consequently, we are no closer to solving what has become a perennial problem.
Carol M. Swain
Author
Dr. Carol Swain, an award-winning political scientist and former tenured professor at Princeton and Vanderbilt Universities, is a Distinguished Senior Fellow for Constitutional Studies with the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the co-author of "Black Eye for America: How Critical Race Theory is Burning Down the House."
