Among his courses was a seminar on American politics that he co-taught with Eleanor Roosevelt, who was a visiting professor at the time.
[4] In 1979, Fuchs worked as the Executive Director of the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy in the Carter administration.
[4] In 1990 Fuchs served as vice chairman of the United States Commission on Immigration Reform, a congressional advisory board.
In 1997, the commission recommended increased policing of employers that hire illegal immigrants: a proposal that as of 2013[update] continues to be contested.
[1] Fuchs died from Parkinson's disease at his home in Canton, Massachusetts, on March 17, 2013, at the age of 86.