[YellowRoseofTx]

I search "Ted Kennedy" and "immigration bills" and found this. I know it's an old article, but still very informative. Good fuel for the arguments. The full title is: Godfather of the immigration mess - Edward Kennedy's immigration policies during his tenure in the U.S. Senate

[Reagan Man]

Nothing new here. Fat Ted was the floor manager of the 1965 Senate Immigration Reform bill; he gutted Reagan’s employer sanctions in the IRCA of 1986; and he is one of the major players pushing todays liberal immigration reform proposal.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Just say NO to Illegal Alien Amnesty!! Keep calling!! It’s NOT OVER!!

U.S. Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121

U.S. House switchboard: (202) 225-3121

White House comments: (202) 456-1111

Find your House Rep.: http://www.house.gov/writerep

Find your US Senators: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

[Chi-townChief]

Clan Kennedy should emigate back to Eire and pretend they were never here.

[JohnLongIsland]

we could guard the border with oldsmobiles...

[peeps36]

I don’t want this fat drunk piece of sewage in charge of cleaning the toilets in the DC subway. Having this worthless fat ass in the government only proves that the system is totally broken. It’s time to flush these turds down the drain.

[Obie Wan]

Ted Kennedy is a marxist who hates the concept of the US Constitution and the opportunities it offers. His family acquired the status they did in America largely by illegal bootlegging of booze during the Prohibition era and hard ball backroom politics.This guy walked away from an accident that left a woman trapped underwater in an automobile for an ENTIRE night while he tried to figure out how to save his poltical career.There is NOTHING that Ted Kennedy signs his name to that is good for the United States or its citizens !!!

[SpaceBar]

To say Ted Kennedy is a disfigured belching grotesque caricature and failure of a man who has jeopardized the very security and future of the United States through his abysmal legislative social experimentation over four decades would be an understatement.

[Calpernia]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1760564/posts
Text of KGB Letter on Senator Ted Kennedy

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1722980/posts
KGB Letter Outlines Sen. Kennedy’s Overtures to Soviets, Prof Says

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1723338/posts
The Kennedy KGB letter

[GailA]

And the millions of 'extended' family members will cause a big property tax hike to build new schools, jails, hire teacher, cops, EMT's, and non-profit hospitals etc...then you have the hit on state taxes...at least 1 new prison and more guards and state medic-aid..and the impact on colleges/universities.

This is beside the $2.7 TRILLION in federal programs.

[small voice in the wilderness]

Just try to pin the tail on that fat-a**ed donkey. It should be an easy target, but the MSM doesn’t wear blindfolds, they gouge out their own eyes to keep him safe. I swear I’m getting angrier and angrier with events in this country. Justice seems to be on vacation somewhere.

[UnklGene]

[Travis McGee]

Benedict Arnold was a patriot, compared to Teddy Kennedy.

[WOSG]

It’s beyond good. This is key wisdom in why things are so screwed up... I coincidently got this in my email box.

Good points!

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Immigration Bills since 1965
1965 Immigration and Nationality Act:

* Eliminated country-specific quotas
* Broad numerical limits were nearly doubled from 154,000 to 290,000
* Changed Eastern Hemispheric annual quotas to 170,000 (20,000 per country)
* Created a first time annual cap of 120,000 for the Western Hemisphere
* Special preference rules making immediate family members exempt from numerical quotas, however, caused the 290,000 official ceiling to be shattered.
* Coupled with European economic prosperity in mid 1960s, European immigrants to the US dropped to less than 20%. Latin America and Asia become the leading sources of immigrants.

Refugee Act of 1980

* U.S. broadens definition of allowable refugees
* 125,000 refugees allowed annually
* From 1981-1986, more than 450,000 refugees and asylum seekers

1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)

* Legalized 2.7 million unauthorized aliens (about 1.6 million illegal residents who entered prior to 1982, and 1.1 million illegal agricultural laborers who had worked in the U.S. for at least 6 months)
* Sought to curb illegal immigration by establishing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens

1990 Immigration Act

* Raised the annual ceiling from 270,000 to 700,000 for 1992-94 and 675,000 afterwards (including 480,000 family-sponsored, 140,000 employment-based, and 55,000 “diversity” immigrants)
* Allows an unlimited number of visas for immediate relatives -children, parents and spouses - of US citizens, not counted under the cap
* The 125,000 allowable refugees are also not counted under the cap
* Almost nine (9) million immigrants came to the U.S. in the 1990s

1996 Immigration Reform Law

* Addressed concerns about illegal immigration through a variety of law enforcement measures, including increased border control personnel, equipment and technology.
* Doubled, for example, the number of border patrol agents from 5,175 in 1996 to almost 10,000 by 2000.
* Confronted concerns about illegal immigrants access to government benefits by making undocumented immigrants ineligible for Social Security benefits
* Illegal immigrants still currently enter the U.S. at an estimated rate of 300,000 per year. Seven million illegal immigrants are currently estimated to be living in the U.S.

1996 Welfare Reform Law

* Barred legal immigrants entering the U.S. after 1996 from most federal means- tested programs (food stamps, CHIP, Medicaid, etc) for 5 years
* Raised the income and legal standards for U.S. residents who sponsor immigrants
* Barred illegal immigrants eligibility from most federal, state and local public assistance

2000 H-1B Visa Legislation

* Increased the number of temporary immigration visas for high-technology workers from 65,000 in 1990 to 115,000 for fiscal years 1999-2000 to 195,000 for fiscal years 2001-2003. In fiscal year 2004 the number was returned to 65,000.

Ted Kennedy has already pushed SEVEN amnesties into law. None was followed by a reduction in illegal immigration. Why should anybody believe this one will be?

1. In 1986, Ted Kennedy’s blanket amnesty for 2.7 million illegal aliens promised a lot more enforcement but did not set any requirments for actual reductions in illegal immigration. The illegal flow continued.
2. In 1994, Ted Kennedy’s Section 245(i) Amnesty gave legal residence and jobs to 578,000 illegal aliens. It was a temporary rolling amnesty primarily for extended family members of immigrants who instead of waiting in line, come on to the country illegally. The illegal flow continued.
3. In 1997, Ted Kennedy’s extension of the Section 245(i) rolling amnesty was followed by an increasing flow of illegal immigration.
4. In 1997, Ted Kennedy also won an amnesty for close to one million illegal aliens from Central America. Illegal immigration sped up some more.
5. In 1998, Ted Kennedy won an amnesty for 125,000 illegal aliens from Haiti. The illegal flow continued.
6. In 2000, Ted Kennedy got the so-called Late Amnesty, legalizing another 400,000 illegal aliens who claimed that they missed out on Kennedy’s 1986 amnesty. Illegal immigration continued unimpeded.
7. In 2000, Ted Kennedy also won the LIFE Act Amnesty for an estimated 900,000 illegal aliens. It was another reinstatement of the rolling Section 245(i) amnesty., an estimated 900,000 illegal aliens. Illegal immigration accelerated.

Now, Ted Kennedy is saying that this amnesty is necessary if we are ever to stop the flow of illegal aliens. Why would any of these Senators believe him when he says this amnesty bill will end illegal immigration with a track record like his?

[grey_whiskers]

I had a recent vanity on this.

Cheers!