Gee! She remembers that!
It's quaint to see anti-illegal immigration articles from the mostly un-invaded states (there's fewer and fewer of them). They bring up points long forgotten in the Invaded States of America like California.
But that is exactly what the Beached Whale (Ted Kennedy) said: henceforth, our borders will be controlled and they would not bring up a bill like this again.
I listened to it live that day. Thought it made sense at the time.
But it was an abject lie.
I'm surprised. I was in high school at the time, and I knew it was a lie. It was just too obvious