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  • Grassley: Lessons Learned from the 1986 amnesty under President Reagan

    02/06/2013 2:07:39 AM PST · by iowamark · 7 replies
    The Iowa Republican ^ | 2/05/2013 | Chuck Grassley
    As we look forward to a debate this year about immigration reform, I want to share my thoughts and my past experiences on this issue. I particularly want to share my personal experience from the 1980s amnesty law and how we can learn from that debate. But, before I dive into this history, I want to commend the many senators that are working together to forge a consensus and produce a product on this terribly difficult issue. I commend them for sitting down and agreeing to a set of principles. As Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, I expect to...
  • Deja Vu: The JBS Was Right to Oppose Amnesty 20 Years Ago and Still Is Today!

    05/23/2006 7:00:09 PM PDT · by dennisw · 23 replies · 936+ views
    thenewamerican. ^ | June 2, 1986 | William F. Jasper
     The Silent Invasion: The Subversion of Sovereignty by Illegal Immigration (1986)by William F. Jasper(First published in The New American, June 2, (1986)From the southern rim of the Otay Mesa, the land slopes gently down for three-quarters of a mile to a dry creek bed that forms several miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. The eight-foot-high chain-link fence that once helped delineate that borderline has long since been trampled to the ground; along much of this stretch, whole quarter-mile sections are missing entirely. On the other side of the creek bed, the ground slopes up for three-quarters of a mile to...
  • When Will the Senate Learn From Its Immigration Mistakes?

    05/22/2006 12:12:23 PM PDT · by 45Auto · 26 replies · 803+ views
    Human Events Online ^ | 22 May 2006 | Ian de Silva
    As we watch the tragicomedy in the U.S. Senate on immigration reform, it behooves us to hark back to the last time the Senate debated major immigration reform. It was in 1985. Why does it behoove us to learn this history? Because the promises being made today are exactly the same promises made back then. The bill that the Senate produced in 1985, which became law in 1986, was ambitiously titled the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). It is probably the most fraudulent legislation in American history, for it neither reformed nor controlled immigration. In fact, it actually exacerbated...
  • Many still in citizenship limbo after last immigration overhaul (1986)

    05/20/2006 4:21:36 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 14 replies · 568+ views
    AP on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 5/20/06 | Gillian Flaccus - ap
    Luis Orozco was among the first in line nearly 20 years ago when federal lawmakers offered U.S. citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants. Today he has a wife, two daughters and a car - but he still isn't an American citizen. What promised to be a dream opportunity for legal status has proven a nightmare for hundreds of thousands of immigrants whose citizenship applications are just now being processed after years in court. Thousands more remain in legal limbo. They provide cautionary tales as Congress considers whether to grant a new round of citizenship eligibility for many of the nation's...
  • Immigration bills concern some experts - Legalization plans pose big problems, they warn

    05/07/2006 9:52:08 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 30 replies · 892+ views
    San Diego Union - Tribune ^ | 5/7/06 | Marcus Stern and Jerry Kammer - CNS
    WASHINGTON – Massive demonstrations nationwide have helped propel legislation to legalize millions of undocumented immigrants. But immigration experts and critics caution that the legislation, if enacted, could generate a legacy of unintended consequences. Senate legislation would double legal immigration, legalize millions currently in the country illegally and open the border every year to hundreds of thousands of “guest workers.” The Senate debated the legislation in March and April but failed to complete action before going on a recess. The House approved enforcement-only legislation in December that would make unlawful presence in the country a felony, boost efforts to stop illegal...