touchback

touchback
 n.β€” Β«On one side are those who believe that progressives should not support federal legislation that offers less than complete and unconditional amnesty for undocumented immigrants. This means no compromises around β€œguest worker” policies, no mandates that immigrants first return to their native countries before returning as legal US immigrantsβ€”a process known as β€œtouchback”—, and no different rules for longtime vs. recently arrived immigrants.Β» β€”β€œProgressives Risk Bitter Split over Immigration Reform” by Randy Shaw BeyondChron (San Francisco, California) Apr. 30, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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