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To: kingu
The 1986 amnesty resulted in 2.7 illegals obtaining legal status out of the 4 million estimated.

All I know is that was enough to change the formerly swing state of California deep blue for the rest of my lifetime.

31 posted on 11/19/2014 9:22:52 AM PST by skeeter
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To: skeeter

It resulted in 2.7 million APPLICATIONS, of which less than 75% were valid applications (many applicants were those who wanted to bypass the normal immigration system and applied during trips to the United States, misunderstanding the program.) Of the remaining 2 million applications, less than half paid the fees associated with the application. Of the million applications that were initially paid for, less than 600,000 completed the next round and paid their fees.

All in all, only a little over 500,000 permanent resident cards were issued.

I know you likely saw the images of the huge lines to fill out applications. There were very few application centers, and if the numbers bantered around were actually correct, there would have been over 500,000 permanent resident cards issued in California. Those lines would have had to have been miles longer than they actually were to accommodate that number.


33 posted on 11/19/2014 9:32:43 AM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: skeeter
The government estimate was one million.
41 posted on 11/19/2014 9:56:12 AM PST by kabar
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